SHAMEFULLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shamefully mean? 

• SHAMEFULLY (adverb)
  The adverb SHAMEFULLY has 1 sense:

1. in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree

  Familiarity information: SHAMEFULLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHAMEFULLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree

Synonyms:

discreditably; disgracefully; dishonorably; dishonourably; ignominiously; ingloriously; shamefully

Context example:

his grades were disgracefully low

Pertainym:

shameful ((used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame)

 Context examples 

I am very angry indeed, and I have been shamefully used.

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

“You did behave very shamefully. You never wrote a truer line.”

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

How all this will terminate, I know not, but I had rather die than return shamefully, my purpose unfulfilled.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

I was ruined, shamefully, hopelessly ruined.

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

She rummaged in a bureau, and presently she produced a photograph of a woman, shamefully defaced and mutilated with a knife.

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

It's only an experiment, John, and I want to try it for your sake as much as for mine, because I've neglected you shamefully lately, and I'm going to make home what it used to be, if I can.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

What in a situation like mine, but a most shamefully unguarded affection could expose me to—

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

“It seems to me that you have been very shamefully treated,” said Holmes.

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

Frank Churchill's confession of having behaved shamefully was the first thing to call for more than a word in passing.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I behaved shamefully.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)