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Meanings of discreditably in English
Portuguese
ignominiosamente In a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree.
Synonyms
Examples for "shamefully"
Examples for "shamefully"
1
Officers in the service were underpaid and shamefully treated by the Government.
2
But Sina was haughty; she slighted the sisters and treated them shamefully.
3
Many, shunned and shamefully rejected by their families, endured loneliness and fear.
4
I had never felt so entirely, so shamefully insulted in my life.
5
You have neglected me shamefully the whole of the evening, you know.
1
The Jews of music were burned in effigy after being ignominiously dressed.
2
His keepers fled-andthus ignominiously terminated the long line of the Rockvilles.
3
Never did rebellion collapse more ignominiously; never were rebels treated so leniently.
4
That very night Adalbert was seized ignominiously and dragged before the Emperor.
5
Beppo ignominiously confessed that he had not heard of this second duel.
1
Her parents accused her of ruining the house and carrying on disgracefully.
2
I make it known that I have behaved-unreasonably ;ifyou will disgracefully.
3
But the old man behaves himself disgracefully, beating everyone in his cups.
4
Such politically-motivated scaremongering from an ECB executive board member is disgracefully irresponsible.
5
But she has never allowed herself to be so disgracefully surprised before.
1
But now he hath perished ingloriously by the storms of the sea.
2
Thus ended ingloriously the only adventure that ever quickened his placid life.
3
Their King stood ingloriously on the opposite bank, unable to do anything.
4
He wanted to die and here he would not find death ingloriously.
5
The mahout, terrorized, had slid off and taken to his heels ingloriously.
1
The time Andrea Howard got busted cheating and had been dishonorably discharged.
2
Prescott wears the uniform, and I've been dishonorably dropped from the rolls!
3
Manning will be dishonorably discharged from the U.S. military, Lind said.
4
Now Spanish rule was virtually ended in California, but we repeat, not dishonorably.
5
You are better at home, under no compulsion to act dishonorably from indigence.
1
I thought you'd think I'd acted dishonourably in-infollowing her like this.
2
He was sentenced to three months of hard labour and dishonourably discharged.
3
He was thrown out, dishonourably discharged for cocaine use, said Mr Trump.
4
Well, then, I think you have behaved meanly and dishonourably to me.
5
I still loved the boy; he had not behaved dishonourably to the girl.
Usage of discreditably in English
1
He had tried one employment after another, and had discreditably failed in all.
2
But our friend the parson was discreditably shabby.
3
So typically and discreditably English, he reflected, wishing that Mary were there to listen to his comments.
4
The Commander-in-Chief reported to the Secretary of War that Casey's division "gave way unaccountably and discreditably."
5
An impulse to avoid danger at all hazards: i. e., to run away, and save yourself, however discreditably.
6
They respect their own harims, yet this is the second time I am mentioned discreditably in their public correspondence.
7
Most of all he grieved to think that a delegate of his ward, largely through his own interference, was acting discreditably.
8
The retirement took place in discreditably good order, not a single gun being lost (25th June 1794).
9
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:-
10
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.
11
There the Gibbelins lived and Discreditably Fed
12
"Master Roscoe," said Mr. Crabb, with a pained look, "I hope you have not started so discreditably in your school life."
13
He had tried one employment after another, and had discreditably failed in all.
14
But our friend the parson was discreditably shabby.
15
So typically and discreditably English, he reflected, wishing that Mary were there to listen to his comments.
16
The Commander-in-Chief reported to the Secretary of War that Casey's division "gave way unaccountably and discreditably."
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