dishonourably
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The good prince King James […] bore dishonourably what he might have resented safely."
- ""That employer," cried she, "must be Mr Monckton! Mr Monckton whom so long I have known, who so willingly has been my counsellor, so ably my instructor! in whose integrity I have confided, upon whose friendship I have relied! my succour in all emergencies, my guide in all perplexities!—Mr Monckton thus dishonourably, thus barbarously to betray me! to turn against me the very confidence I had reposed in his regard for me! and make use of my own trust to furnish the means to injure me!"—"
- "The reason he told me was because I was very bold and asked him. I believed that he had never acted dishonourably, and I begged him to tell me the history."
- ""With silent indignation, Fanny repeated to herself, "Never happier!—never happier than when doing what you must know was not justifiable!—never happier than when behaving so dishonourably and unfeelingly!—Oh! what a corrupted mind!""
Etymology
Etymology tree English dishonourable Middle English -ly English -ly English dishonourably From dishonourable + -ly.
Usage
- British usage