Meanings of discreditably in English

He had tried one employment after another, and had discreditably failed in all.

But our friend the parson was discreditably shabby.

So typically and discreditably English, he reflected, wishing that Mary were there to listen to his comments.

The Commander-in-Chief reported to the Secretary of War that Casey's division "gave way unaccountably and discreditably."

An impulse to avoid danger at all hazards: i. e., to run away, and save yourself, however discreditably.

They respect their own harims, yet this is the second time I am mentioned discreditably in their public correspondence.

Most of all he grieved to think that a delegate of his ward, largely through his own interference, was acting discreditably.

The retirement took place in discreditably good order, not a single gun being lost (25th June 1794).

Among the best of them is that on the Honourable James Craggs, a secretary of state, rather discreditably mixed up with the South Sea Bubble:-

The Chamber of Commerce of Spokane, Washington, a singularly energetic and far-seeing organization, itself published the report which Congress had thus discreditably refused to publish.

There the Gibbelins lived and Discreditably Fed

"Master Roscoe," said Mr. Crabb, with a pained look, "I hope you have not started so discreditably in your school life."

He had tried one employment after another, and had discreditably failed in all.

But our friend the parson was discreditably shabby.

So typically and discreditably English, he reflected, wishing that Mary were there to listen to his comments.

The Commander-in-Chief reported to the Secretary of War that Casey's division "gave way unaccountably and discreditably."