SHABBILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shabbily mean? 

• SHABBILY (adverb)
  The adverb SHABBILY has 2 senses:

1. so as to appear worn and threadbare or dilapidated

2. in a mean and ungenerous manner

  Familiarity information: SHABBILY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHABBILY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

So as to appear worn and threadbare or dilapidated

Context example:

a shabbily dressed man

Pertainym:

shabby (showing signs of wear and tear)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a mean and ungenerous manner

Context example:

the two were haggling shabbily in the drawing-room

Pertainym:

shabby (mean and unworthy and despicable)

 Context examples 

There was a group of shabbily dressed men smoking and laughing in a corner, a scissors-grinder with his wheel, two guardsmen who were flirting with a nurse-girl, and several well-dressed young men who were lounging up and down with cigars in their mouths.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)