inglorious
adjective
shameful; disgraceful.
ingloriously
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a word derived from
inglorious.
Example Sentences
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It ended ingloriously this week when Irving demanded a trade, and the Nets found a sucker in Dallas.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023
Kelly seemed to have all the answers until he reached the NFL, where a promising start was followed by an ingloriously abrupt end to stints with the Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2018
The Mugabe era was at last ingloriously over.
From Economist ● Nov. 16, 2017
And thus, ingloriously, a continent got its oil industry.
From The Guardian ● May 2, 2017
Every one of her attachments had ended unhappily—the first ingloriously, the last tragically.
From Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties by Edmund B. d'Auvergne
