corruptlyadv.
/kəˈrʌptli/, U.S. /kəˈrəp(t)li/ a. In a corrupt or depraved manner; pervertedly; by means of corruption or bribery.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [adverb]
evilc1000
viciouslya1325
corruptly1537
evilly1581
pravely1598
deboistly1604
corruptedly1610
deformedly1610
impurely1612
depravedly1643
debauchedlya1656
diseasedly1672
demoralizingly1821
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [adverb] > by means of
corruptly1537
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [adverb] > corruptly
corruptly1537
deboistly1604
corruptedly1610
debauchedlya1656
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [adverb] > in venal manner
corruptly1537
venally1756
1537 T. Starkey Let. in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. lxxxi. 196 Alas! Master Pole, what lack of learning and prudence was this, so corruptly to judg the matter.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ix. 41 O that estates, degrees, and offices, were not deriu'd corruptly . View more context for this quotation
1611 Bible (King James) Neh. i. 7 We haue dealt very corruptly against thee. View more context for this quotation
1729 W. Law Serious Call xviii. 325 We are all of us, for the most part corruptly educated.
1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. v. 24 To which excess several of the judges corruptly gave countenance.
1869 Daily News 2 Feb. He denied that there had been any intention of corruptly influencing votes here.
b. By way of verbal or textual corruption.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > [adverb]
arsewardc1386
corruptlya1387
forcedly1548
strainedly1571
corruptedly1610
depravedly1643
arsewards1648
corruptively1655
depravingly1665
the mind > language > a language > register > [adverb] > in a corrupted way
corruptlya1387
barbarously1531
corruptedly1610
corruptively1655
impurely1813
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > version of text > [adverb] > erroneously
corruptedly1610
corruptlya1727
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 159 Cadwaledrus..is i-cleped Cedwalla..but corupliche, for they knew nouȝt the longage of Britouns.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 9 Called in the Norman language Cover le fue, which we now corruptly call Curfur.
a1727 I. Newton Short. Chron. 1st Memory in Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) Introd. 5 Writing Jasus corruptly for Inachus.
1774 C. J. Phipps Voy. N. Pole 184 Called by the Russians Morse, from thence by our Seamen corruptly Sea Horse.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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