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What is "scurvily"

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scurvily

Scurvily \Scur"vi*ly\, adv. In a scurvy manner.

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scurvily

adv. In a scurvy manner; contemptibly; despicably; in a low, disgusting and mean way.

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scurvily

adv. in a despicable, ignoble manner; "this new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society" [syn: meanly, basely]

Usage examples of "scurvily".

That I should have received thee so scurvily shall ever be to my discredit.

News had come to him in Donegal that there were yet people in his own province who believed in gods that he did not approve of, and the gods that we do not approve of are treated scurvily, even by saintly men.