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scandalously

scandalously adverb: in a scandalous manner.

Adverb

scandalously (comparative more scandalously, superlative most scandalously)

  1. In a scandalous manner.
    • She was seen running for her life scandalously underclad.
    • English is scandalously lacking in politically and linguistically correct antonyms of this sort. The Queen can create the Duchess of Cambridge, so surely I can create the much-needed expressions "cisgress" (be a good boy), "cisvestite" (bloke wearing trousers), "cisaction" (no deal), and "cisom"...2011 June 26, “Linguistically correct”, in The Guardian

Forms of scandalously

comparativemore scandalously
superlativemost scandalously

Origin of scandalously

From scandalous + -ly.

Questions about scandalously

What does scandalously mean?
Scandalously means in a scandalous manner.
What part of speech is scandalously?
Scandalously is an adverb.

Words near scandalously in the dictionary

  1. scandalmongery
  2. scandalmonging
  3. scandalosities
  4. scandalosity
  5. scandalous
  6. scandalously
  7. scandalousness
  8. scandalproof
  9. scandals
  10. scandalsome
  11. scandalum magnatum

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