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disgracefully

disgracefully adverb: in a disgraceful manner.

Adverb

disgracefully (comparative more disgracefully, superlative most disgracefully)

  1. In a disgraceful manner.
    • 'I have been disgracefully imposed upon.'1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 94

Forms of disgracefully

comparativemore disgracefully
superlativemost disgracefully

Origin of disgracefully

From disgraceful + -ly.

Questions about disgracefully

What does disgracefully mean?
Disgracefully means in a disgraceful manner.
What part of speech is disgracefully?
Disgracefully is an adverb.

Words near disgracefully in the dictionary

  1. disgracedness
  2. disgraceful
  3. disgracefull
  4. disgracefuller
  5. disgracefullest
  6. disgracefully
  7. disgracefulness
  8. disgraceless
  9. disgracer
  10. disgracers
  11. disgraces

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