degeneratelyadv.
/dɪˈdʒɛnərətli/ In a degenerate manner.
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [adverb]
worseeOE
waurc1175
downhilla1398
downwarda1400
worser1547
bastardlike1563
degenerously1627
degenerately1645
witheringly1815
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [adverb]
degenerately1645
1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 1 Nothing now adayes is more degenerately forgott'n, then the true dignity of man.
a1671 J. Worthington Observ. Millennium in Misc. (1704) 29 A short View of Rome Christian, though apostatized and degenerately Christian.
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