ignominiously
Americanadverb
Explanation
Things that happen ignominiously occur in a shameful, dishonorable, or underhanded way. If a baseball team is defeated ignominiously, it's so badly trounced that every player feels embarrassed about the game. If a government uses violence against political protesters, silencing them and blocking their access to reporters and the Internet, it behaves ignominiously. If you cheat on a test, you're acting ignominiously and should feel ashamed about it. In Latin, ignominiosus means "disgraceful or shameful," from the root ignominia, literally "loss of a good name." In other words, if you act ignominiously, you risk losing your good name.
Vocabulary lists containing ignominiously
The Scarlet Letter
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Example Sentences
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Ignominiously as the uprising ended, it left the European ultras of Algiers no wiser and just as dissatisfied as ever.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ignominiously back to France last week went Prince Juan, 23, youngest and healthiest of Alfonso XIII's sons, heir to the empty throne.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ignominiously bound as he was, his heart lightened; all doubt of his mission to love her and its ultimate success passed from him.
From A Dozen Ways Of Love by Dougall, Lily
Ignominiously in the rear, but watching too, were the German prisoners who worked, in theory at least, at transferring rails from inconvenient places to convenient ones for the loading of coaster steamers.
From Our Army at the Front by Broun, Heywood
Ignominiously she herded us down the stairs; The Seraph making only one step at a time, led the way.
From Explorers of the Dawn by Morley, Christopher
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