shabbily

shab·by (sh

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adj. shab·bi·er, shab·bi·est

a. Showing signs of wear and tear; threadbare or worn-out: shabby furniture.

b. Dilapidated or deteriorated in condition, especially through neglect; seedy: a shabby little park.

2. Wearing threadbare clothing.

a. Despicable; mean: a shabby trick.

b. Not generous or just; unfair: shabby treatment.

c. Of mediocre or substandard quality: a shabby performance.

[From obsolete shab, scab, from Middle English schab, from Old English sceabb.]

shabbi·ly adv.

shabbi·ness n.

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Adv.	1.	shabbily - so as to appear worn and threadbare or dilapidated; "a shabbily dressed man"
	2.	shabbily - in a mean and ungenerous manner; "the two were haggling shabbily in the drawing-room"

Translations

shabbily [ˈʃæbɪlɪ] ADV

1. [dress] → desaliñadamente, pobremente

2. [treat] → fatal, vilmente

shabbily [ˈʃæbɪli] adv

[dressed, furnished] → misérablement
shabbily dressed → misérablement vêtu(e)

[behave] → mal

shabbily

adv (lit, fig) → schäbig

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Naseby sat brooding in his study, that there was shown in upon him, on urgent business, a little hectic gentleman shabbily attired.

Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context

He was but shabbily apparelled in faded jacket and patched trowsers; a rag of a black handkerchief investing his neck.

Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context

When it came, I saw that he was a sturdy man, cheaply but not shabbily dressed; his head was bent under his body, and he lay crumpled up close to the fence, as though he had been flung violently against it.

The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context

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