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UK
/ʃˈeɪmfəli/
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ADVERB
-
in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree
his grades were disgracefully low
How To Use shamefully In A Sentence
- Our imperial past is now regarded rather shamefully. Times, Sunday Times
- To my horror, Tulsi Pipe Road was now shamefully dug up, its bowels exposed and the entrails left lying on one side for the world to see.
- The dealers profited shamefully at the expense of my family.
- Our imperial past is now regarded rather shamefully. Times, Sunday Times
- The previously undomesticated boy quickly realizes that half-measures like hastily buying his little cousin a pre-packaged lunch at a convenience store on the way to kindergarten can have traumatic consequences in a milieu where bringing in an amateurish or non-homemade bento is perceived as a symptom of a shamefully inadequate family. Daddies dearest
- Indians had been shamefully treated, and they remained victims of threats, bribery, and fraud.
- What we once enjoyed and maybe even defended against less confused peers can sometimes emerge from the time-fog as a shamefully regrettable “phase” that etches an embarrassing low-water mark for all films (or romances) to follow. Top 10 Classic Movies That Got it Wrong » Scene-Stealers
- Shamefully, a large chunk of French and German spending on education is a form of tied aid that enables the children of the elite in poor countries to study at European universities.
- His attempts to capitalise on a new film of the libel trial by embarking on a lecture tour are as shamefully opportunistic as they are pointless. Times, Sunday Times
- There, in front of the people they have treated so shamefully, we can settle whether or not "De Klerk is 'n skelm". ANC Daily News Briefing