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Definition of Disgracefully
1. Adverb. In a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree. "His grades were disgracefully low"
Partainyms: Discreditable, Disgraceful, Dishonorable, Dishonorable, Ignominious, Inglorious, Shameful
Definition of Disgracefully
1. Adverb. In a disgraceful manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disgracefully
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disgracefully
Literary usage of Disgracefully
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1891)
"He had no talent for administration ; in affairs of state he was content with a
hand-to-mouth policy, and hi« campaigns were disgracefully mismanaged. ..."
2. Publications (1853)
"to no temptation, but would rather die courageously, than live disgracefully.
Therefore is the crown of righteous- ^cor ix• ness promised him, ..."
3. Life of Lieutenant-General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John Allan Wyeth (1908)
"... Flee disgracefully — Forrest Shoots a. Color-Bearer and Rallies the Men—His
Cavalry Saved the Day—Defeat of Hood in Front of Nashville—Desperate ..."
4. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1862)
"... from"thence disgracefully—Lamarque defeats Sarsfield—Lucy's bad conduct—Miserable
state of Catalonia. WHILE the Anglo-British army was thus cleansing ..."
5. The Adventures of Christopher Hawkins: Containing Details of His Captivity by Christopher Hawkins, Charles Ira Bushnell (1864)
"... that this tribute to Revolutionary devotion has been so long, so unjustly, so
disgracefully withheld. God grant that I may see the day when this blot ..."
6. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers (1853)
"... till they have desperately quit, or disgracefully forfeited, the places where
they lived. Deprived of which, they might hope to avoid some misery, ..."
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