scurvy
noun
a disease marked by swollen and bleeding gums, livid spots on the skin, prostration, etc., due to a diet lacking in vitamin C.
scurvily
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a word derived from
scurvy.
Example Sentences
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All about a chippie named Cathy who treats her rejected suitor so scurvily that he feels like a $50-a-week circus performer.
From Time Magazine Archive
So I came to you as the last refuge--for--for me there pleads only one thing--I acted badly, brutally, and scurvily, but I have not ceased to love her.
From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Henryk Sienkiewicz
"I should think, though, that the petty estate which you hold at Bogendorf in your widow's right can be no reason for your rejecting so splendid an establishment thus scurvily."
From Specimens of German Romance Vol. I. The Patricians by Carl Franz van der Velde
Otherwise you had come scurvily out of that wash.'
From The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court by Ford Madox Ford
This was John Harrison, and very scurvily he was treated by the authorities, only receiving the full reward which was offered upon the intervention of King George III. on his behalf.
From Privateers and Privateering by E. P. Statham
