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scurvily, adv. Now arch.|ˈskɜːvɪlɪ|
[f. scurvy a. + -ly2.]
In a scurvy manner. a. Shabbily, meanly; sorrily, unsatisfactorily.
1599B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. v. iii. Wks. 1616 I. 243 His hat was carried skiruily. 1671Clarendon Dialogues Tracts (1727) 306 We are scurvily used, but that is because we are scurvy fellows, and deserve no better. 1707Reflex. upon Ridicule 236 Her Fondness for a Spark of hers was scurvily interpreted. 1710Swift Jrnl. to Stella 12 Dec., And, passing an evening scurvily enough, [I] did not come home till eight. 1827Scott Surg. Dau. iv, I will lay no bets about Miss Grey,..I think I should act very scurvily, if I were to make her the subject of any idle debate betwixt you and me. 1873Browning Red Cotton Night-Cap Country 111 The young pair quitted Paris to reside At London: which repaid the compliment But scurvily.
†b. Sourly, rudely. Obs.
1607Middleton Fam. Love iv. i. (1608) E 4 b, Speak pittifully, looke scuruily, and dissemble cunningly. 1647J. Berkenhead On Happy Collect. Fletcher's Wks. 90 Such boyst'rous Trifles Thy Muse would not brooke, Save when she'd show how scurvily they looke. |