scrubbilyadv.
/ˈskrʌbɪli/ rare.
In a mean or paltry manner; shabbily.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adverb]
hokerly?c1225
caitiflyc1425
contemptiblya1438
villainously1484
scabbedly1548
sneakishly1560
miserably1585
contemnedly1594
pitifully1601
dirtilya1631
worthlessly1637
mangilya1640
projectedly1660
despicablya1691
shabbily1755
unsolidly1755
worm-like1814
scrubbily1891
motherfucking1966
1891 G. Gissing New Grub St. I. vi. 142 ‘By-the-by, how has The Study been in the habit of treating you?’ ‘Scrubbily.’ ‘I'll make an opportunity of talking about your books to Fadge.’
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