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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

degradingly en · ADV

Etymology

From degrading + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a degrading manner.
    • It is an offence to the dignity of workers to pay them degradingly low wages. What constitutes a degradingly low wage will, of course, be affected by the standards of the time; it is a relative as much as an absolute idea. 1999, Sue Richardson, Reshaping the labour market, page 28:

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most degradingly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more degradingly Degree=Cmp lexicographic