plebeianly
- a word derived from plebeian.
Example Sentences
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He could not find his other slipper, and he stubbed his toe plebeianly against an aristocratic table.
From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert
A clever young man of the working class, dressed in garments of the kind his class dressed in on Sunday, and plebeianly carrying a bundle under his arm.
From The Conflict by Phillips, David Graham
It is true, however, that Camoens breathed his last in dire distress and isolation, and was buried "poorly and plebeianly" in the neighboring convent of Santa Ana.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various
Once give her way, and she would treat me with disrespect, and cheat you in the bargain; or, less plebeianly, nefariously depropriate—— Adm.
From Olla Podrida by Marryat, Frederick
Meanwhile Edgerley the first prospered, though rather plebeianly.
From For the Major A Novelette by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
