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Definition of Degradingly
1. adv. In a degrading manner.
Definition of Degradingly
1. Adverb. In a degrading manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Degradingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Degradingly
Literary usage of Degradingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sermons by Thomas Gisborne (1806)
"... and degradingly of others : and the more con- ... and degradingly in proportion
as he apprehends that they may be advan- ..."
2. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1872)
"The employer having no market would be obliged to shut up his establishment, and
the workman would be obliged to return to the " degradingly low wages" of ..."
3. The Oriental Herald and Journal of General Literature by James Silk Buckingham (1828)
"THE slaves in the West Indies are degradingly driven like cattle by the whip at
... They are liable, whether male or female, to be exposed and degradingly ..."
4. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (1908)
"I hate to be poor, and we are degradingly poor, offensively poor, miserably poor,
beastly poor. But here I am, left with all the ridiculous parts of the ..."
5. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1906)
"It is basely, degradingly selfish to keep those unearned honors, and — and — oh,
hang it, nobody but a cur —" '' What an idiotic damned speech that Tompkins ..."
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