scurvily

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English

Etymology

From scurvy +‎ -ly.

Adverb

scurvily (comparative more scurvily, superlative most scurvily)

  1. In a scurvy manner; in a low, disgusting and mean way.
    Synonyms: contemptibly, despicably
    • 1906, James George Frazer, Adonis, Attis, Osiris, volume 2, page 75:
      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.