Meaning

2 senses
  1. In a shameful manner.

    I looked shamefully at the floor.

    in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree

  2. Used to express discontent with a situation or occurrence.

    The hospital was shamefully underequipped.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. They said he had acted shamefully.

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  2. The place was shamefully neglected.

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  3. No allowance is made for accidents where diplomatic interests are at stake. I was ruined, shamefully, hopelessly ruined.

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  4. Sami shamefully admitted that he was having an affair with Layla.

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Translations

5 languages

Origin

Inherited from Middle English schamefully. By surface analysis, shameful + -ly.

Inherited from Middle English schamefully. By surface analysis, shameful + -ly.

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Forms

more shamefully, most shamefully
Comparativemore shamefully Lesson
Superlativemost shamefully

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedshameful

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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