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despicably en · ADV

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English despicable Middle English -ly English -ly English despicably From despicable + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a despicable or mean manner; contemptibly
   • He never looked us straight in the face; his eyes were fixed on the ground all the time, and he spoke in a despicably affected manner. I did not like the man from the very first, and, friend or no friend, I kept my loaded rifle on my lap. 1898, Arnold Henry Savage Landor, In the Forbidden Land, Chapter XXIX:
   • "How despicably have I acted!" she cried.—"I, who have prided myself on my discernment!—I, who have valued myself on my abilities! who have often disdained the generous candour of my sister, and gratified my vanity, in useless or blameless distrust.—How humiliating is this discovery!—Yet, how just a humiliation!—Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 36, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
   • Indeed administration suppliers who genuinely track clients' data with a specific end goal to enhance the offered administration can accidentally damage clients' protection, if the gathered information is spilled in an unapproved manner or despicably imparted to corporate accomplition. 2015, Tabish Hatim, Ayesha Umaima, Saleha Farha, International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Technology Research - Volume 4 - Issue 19, Shadan Women's College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India, pages 3678-3672

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