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corruptly, adv.|kəˈrʌptlɪ|
Also 4 corupliche.
[f. corrupt a. + -ly2.]
In a corrupt or depraved manner; pervertedly; by means of corruption or bribery.
1537Starkey Let. to Pole in Strype Eccl. Mem. I. App. lxxxi. 196 Alas! Master Pole, what lack of learning and prudence was this, so corruptly to judg the matter. 1596Shakes. Merch. V. ii. ix. 42 O that estates, degrees, and offices, Were not deriu'd corruptly. 1611Bible Neh. i. 7 We haue dealt very corruptly against thee. 1732Law Serious C. xviii. (ed. 2) 325 We are all of us, for the most part corruptly educated. 1863H. Cox Instit. i. v. 24 To which excess several of the judges corruptly gave countenance. 1869Daily News 2 Feb., He denied that there had been any intention of corruptly influencing votes here.
b. By way of verbal or textual corruption.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VI. 159 Cadwaledrus..is i-cleped Cedwalla..but corupliche, for they knew nouȝt the longage of Britouns. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 9 Called in the Norman language Cover le fue, which we now corruptly call Curfue. 1728Newton Chronol. Amended Introd. 5 Writing Jasus corruptly for Inachus. 1774C. J. Phipps Voy. N. Pole 184 Called by the Russians Morse, from thence by our Seamen corruptly Sea Horse. |