Adverb
In a base manner; with despicable meanness; dishonorably; shamefully.
Illegitimately; in bastardy.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBetter 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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