sleazy
adjective
contemptibly low, mean, or disreputable.
sleazily
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a word derived from
sleazy.
Example Sentences
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Ellison, who is overseeing news operations, senses he’s in danger of losing his sleazily won position if he doesn’t boost viewership.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2021
Delightful as the soundtrack is, these sleazily exultant musical interludes start to feel like bursts of energy in place of a plot.
From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2013
But a sleazily alluring Soho was established as its emblematic metropolitan enclave, and on occasion excursions took audiences to provincial outposts, most famously the south coast in Brighton Rock and Tyneside with Get Carter.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 9, 2012
This 17-minute movie about the making of a movie focuses on a tortured, high-minded yet sleazily abject auteur who has reached a point of crisis in the creation of his latest opus.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2012
What is incredible is that the remainder of the film, which won prizes in France, sleazily exploits the viewer's dread and revulsion to keep in motion the stage machinery of a claptrap thriller.
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