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contemptibly, adv.|kənˈtɛm(p)tɪblɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
1. In a contemptible manner; in a manner deserving contempt; despicably.
1581Sidney Apol. Poetrie (Arb.) 45 Nothing can more open his eyes, then to see his owne actions contemptibly set forth. 1667Milton P.L. viii. 374 They also know, And reason not contemptibly. a1843Foster in Life & Corr. (1846) I. 215 A contemptibly little being. 1881Seeley in Macm. Mag. XLV. 45 Looked at so, recent history might well appear quite contemptibly easy.
†2. With contempt; contemptuously. Obs.
c1575Fulke Confut. Doctr. Purgatory (1577) 25 Dare you terme it contemptibly a couch for delicate persons ease? 1714Swift Pres. State Affairs Wks. 1755 II. i. 215 He was treated contemptibly enough by the young princes of France. 1796Bp. Watson Apol. Bible 191 You cannot think more contemptibly of these gentry. 1827Hallam Const. Hist. (1842) I. 293 The French ambassadors..thought most contemptibly of the king. |