scandalouslyadv.
/ˈskandələsli/, /ˈskandl̩əsli/, U.S. /ˈskænd(ə)ləsli/ In a scandalous manner.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > infamy or notoriety > [adverb] > scandalously
scandalously1602
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > specifically of something bad
sorea1300
grievously1340
terrible1490
beastly?1518
shrewdlyc1533
arrantly?1548
murrainly?1548
abominablea1550
pestilence1567
pestilently1567
cursedly1570
pestiferously1570
murrain1575
plaguey1584
plaguilya1586
grievous1598
scandalously1602
horridly1603
terribly1604
monstrously1611
hellish1614
dreadfullya1616
horrid1615
pestilenta1616
infernally1638
preposterously1661
woeful1684
confoundedly1694
confounded1709
glaringly1709
cursed1719
flagrantly1756
weary1790
disgustingly1804
filthy1827
blamed1833
peskily1833
pesky1833
blame1843
blasted1854
wickedly1858
blatantly1878
shamelessly1885
disgracefully1893
ruddy1913
bastarda1935
pissing1951
sodding1954
pissingly1971
1602 in F. Moryson Itinerary (1617) ii. 252 Some seditious persons..speak scandalously.
1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes Treat. iii. §39 Provided that the good lawes..be not herein scandalously violated.
1756 E. Burke Vindic. Nat. Society 51 So scandalously debauched a People as that of Venice, is to be met with no where else.
1810 W. Scott Let. May–June (1932) II. 346 I have been scandalously lazy in answering your kind epistle.
1895 Law Times 99 499/2 The number of convictions is so scandalously out of proportion to the number of crimes committed.
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