basely

Adverb

Meaning

In a base manner; with despicable meanness; dishonorably; shamefully.

Illegitimately; in bastardy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

scurvily meanly low commonly poorly grossly lowly miserably awfully immorally dishonestly foully flagrantly contemptibly corruptly
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Antonyms

firstly grandly fully primarily greatly fairly
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Anagrams

basyle Bayles Ysabel

Examples

Better not to exist than live basely. Sophocles

I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely. Sophocles

In focusing in this section on Lowth and Berkeley, I am also deliberately trying to disinter a spirit within British tradition which runs counter to the myth of British identity to which it has nonetheless surrendered: that it is empiricist, philistine and basely pragmatic. John Milbank

O gentlemen the time of life is short To spend that shortness basely were too long, If life did ride upon a dials point, Still ending at the arrival of an hour. William Shakespeare

Mr. Digweed has used us basely. Handsome is as handsome does; he is therefore a very ill-looking man. Jane Austen

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Close letter words and terms

Basella alba basellaceous baseload baseman basemap basemean