degenerately,adv.|dɪˈdʒɛnərətlɪ| [f. degenerate a. + -ly2.] In a degenerate manner. 1645Milton Tetrach. (1851) 145 Nothing now adayes is more degenerately forgott'n, than the true dignity of man.a1671J. Worthington Misc. 29 (T.) A short view of Rome, Christian, though apostatized and degenerately Christian.