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Definition of Infamously
1. adv. In an infamous manner or degree; scandalously; disgracefully; shamefully.
Definition of Infamously
1. Adverb. In an infamous manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Infamously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Infamously
Literary usage of Infamously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"... his minister and his general, betrayed their trust, infamously deserted the
sinking cause of their benefactor, and devoted their treacherous allegiance ..."
2. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... should be made the instruments of butchering thy children! but must they
descend also to exploits too infamously dirty for any but the meanest of the ..."
3. The Memoirs of the Duke of Sully: Prime-minister to Henry the Great by Maximilien de Béthune Sully, Charlotte Lennox (1817)
"Never had treachery, poisoning, assassination, gained a triumph so infamously
great; a triumph so shameful, so detested, that no words can express all its ..."
4. The History of England, from the Earliest Period, to the Close of the Year by John Bigland (1813)
"... and Henry IV. is infamously distinguished in history as the first English
monarch that burned the bodies of his subjects for the benefit of their souls. ..."
5. The Diary of the Revolution: A Centennial Volume Embracing the Current by Frank Moore (1876)
"... instruments of butchering thy children! but must they descend also to exploits
too infamously dirty for any but the meanest of the mobility to practice? ..."
6. The Life and Thoughts of John Foster by John Foster, William Wallace Everts (1849)
"Said of a lady who infamously spoilt her son— a most perverse child.—She will
have her reward; she cultivates a night-shade, and is destined to eat its ..."
7. River Legends, Or, Father Thames and Father Rhine by Gustave Doré, Daldy, Isbister & Co (1875)
"... and remember that you have beheld all that remains of that terrible being who
was once so infamously notorious as the Great Boar of Windsor. ..."
8. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt by Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt (1897)
"And all this happened in the Square of St. Mark at dinner, the weather being
infamously cold. Be of good cheer then, and may God bless you. ..."
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