adv
Meaning 1
In a shameful manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I looked shamefully at the floor.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
shamefully
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Pronunciation
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/ˈʃeɪmfəli/
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adv
Meaning 2
Used to express discontent with a situation or occurrence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The hospital was shamefully underequipped.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his grades were disgracefully low
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disgracefully, ingloriously, ignominiously, discreditably, dishonorably, dishonourably
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skamō Proto-West Germanic *skamu Old English sċamu Proto-Indo-European *pleh1- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h1nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Old English sċeomfull Middle English schameful Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English schamefully English shamefully Inherited from Middle English schamefully. By surface analysis, shameful + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: schandelijk — in a shameful manner
- Esperanto: hontinde — in a shameful manner
- Finnish: häpeällisesti — in a shameful manner
- French: honteusement — in a shameful manner
- Greek: ντροπιαστικά (ntropiastiká) — in a shameful manner
- Italian: vergognosamente — in a shameful manner
- Middle English: schamefully — in a shameful manner
- Polish: haniebnie — in a shameful manner
- Portuguese: envergonhadamente — in a shameful manner
- Spanish: vergonzosamente — in a shameful manner
- Walloon: honteuzmint — in a shameful manner
- Greek: ντροπιαστικά (ntropiastiká) — expresses discontent with a situation or occurrence
- Portuguese: vergonhosamente — expresses discontent with a situation or occurrence