单词 |
ignobly |
释义 |
ignobly, adv.|ɪgˈnəʊblɪ| [f. ignoble + -ly2.] In an ignoble manner; lowly, meanly, basely, dishonourably.
1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, ii. v. 35, I, Noble Vnckle, thus ignobly vs'd, Your Nephew..comes. 1607― Timon ii. ii. 183 No villanous bounty yet hath past my heart; Vnwisely, not ignobly haue I giuen. 1718Rowe Lucan ix. 453 Yet now, ignobly, you with-hold your Hands, When nearer Liberty your Aid demands. 1746–7Hervey Medit. (1818) 57 Let others..ignobly fawn, or anxiously sue for preferments. 1878Lecky Eng. in 18th C. I. iii. 398 No sooner had the hour for action arrived than he shrank ignobly from the helm. 1878W. S. Gilbert H.M.S. Pinafore 1, She says I am ignobly born. |

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