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Definition of Basely
1. Adverb. In a despicable, ignoble manner. "This new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society"
Definition of Basely
1. adv. In a base manner; with despicable meanness; dishonorably; shamefully.
Definition of Basely
1. Adverb. In a base manner ¹
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Definition of Basely
1. in a base manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Basely
Literary usage of Basely
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... shock you to hear her relate how basely the French and Americans treated her.
They pillaged the house of every thing but the furniture of one room. ..."
2. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Proverbs by Crawford Howell Toy (1899)
"Grk., interpreting: shall die basely (or, a shameful death). 11. The depths of
the soul are known to God. Sheol and Abaddon lie open before Yahweh, ..."
3. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"... and short petticoat, laced with silver lace so basely that I could not endure
to see her, and with laced lining, which is too soon, so that I was horrid ..."
4. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"... in big bulked their clamorous wants or inhance their by these indigent vermin,
either to satisfy esteem in the vulgar opinion, basely prosti- ..."
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