despicably
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a despicable or mean manner; contemptibly
Example Sentences
- ""How despicably have I acted!" she cried.—"I, who have prided myself on my discernment!—I, who have valued myself on my abilities! who have often disdained the generous candour of my sister, and gratified my vanity, in useless or blameless distrust.—How humiliating is this discovery!—Yet, how just a humiliation!—Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind."
- "He never looked us straight in the face; his eyes were fixed on the ground all the time, and he spoke in a despicably affected manner. I did not like the man from the very first, and, friend or no friend, I kept my loaded rifle on my lap."
- "Indeed administration suppliers who genuinely track clients' data with a specific end goal to enhance the offered administration can accidentally damage clients' protection, if the gathered information is spilled in an unapproved manner or despicably imparted to corporate accomplition."
Etymology
Etymology tree English despicable Middle English -ly English -ly English despicably From despicable + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more despicably (comparative)
most despicably (superlative)