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scurvily

scurvily adverb: in a scurvy manner; in a low, disgusting and mean way.

Adverb

scurvily (comparative more scurvily, superlative most scurvily)

  1. In a scurvy manner; in a low, disgusting and mean way.
    • If the crops turned out ill next year, the people laid the failure at the door of the ghosts, who fancied themselves scurvily treated and had taken their revenge by trampling down the corn.1906, James George Frazer, Adonis, Attis, Osiris, volume 2, page 75

Synonyms of scurvily

Forms of scurvily

comparativemore scurvily
superlativemost scurvily

Origin of scurvily

From scurvy + -ly.

Questions about scurvily

What does scurvily mean?
Scurvily means in a scurvy manner; in a low, disgusting and mean way.
What part of speech is scurvily?
Scurvily is an adverb.

Words near scurvily in the dictionary

  1. Scurtu Mare
  2. scurvied
  3. scurvier
  4. scurvies
  5. scurviest
  6. scurvily
  7. scurviness
  8. scurvy
  9. scurvy grass
  10. scurvy grasses
  11. scurvy-grass

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