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Contemptibly

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con·tempt·i·ble  (kn-tmpt-bl)
adj.
1. Deserving of contempt; despicable.
2. Obsolete Contemptuous.
con·tempti·bili·ty, con·tempti·ble·ness n.
con·tempti·bly adv.
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Adv.1.contemptibly - in a manner deserving contempt


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Much might be ruminated here, concerning the essential dignity of this regal process, because in common life we esteem but meanly and contemptibly a fellow who anoints his hair, and palpably smells of that anointing.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
I have more than once repented that I did not marry him myself; and were he but one degree less contemptibly weak I certainly should: but I must own myself rather romantic in that respect, and that riches only will not satisfy me.
Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context
Morris; you and I are not cursed with such a contemptibly common name as that
I Say No by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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