† shendfullyadv.
Obsolete.
Ignominiously, disgracefully, infamously.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [adverb]
shamelyc1200
shendfully?c1225
to one's shamec1275
shamefullya1300
despitouslyc1320
foula1325
shondfullyc1330
inhonestly1340
shendshipfully1388
dishonestlyc1430
shamouslyc1440
ignominiously1553
slanderously1563
reproachfully1567
opprobriously1569
ingloriously1576
dishonourably1590
indignly1593
disgracefully1604
despitely1619
vituperiously1632
to a reproacha1715
shaming1970
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 235 Spec hit scheome schendfulliche.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 6343 Þus senduolliche he him slou.
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. iii. 261 God sende to seye þat [Saul] schulde dye, And al his seed for þat Sunne schendfulliche ende.
1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. xcii. e 6 b Edelf..bethought howe that he myȝt..marie hir to a knaue of his kychen..and to hym he thought hir shendfully haue maried for to haue had hir land afterward.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxix. f. xxxi The Enymyes of ye Lande were shendfully chasyd and vtterly confounded.
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