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Contemptibly

adverb
1.
In a manner deserving contempt.






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"Contemptibly" Quotes from Famous Books



... hitherto, not only unperformed, but almost unattempted among us. Bohun's Dictionary, the only one which has any pretension to regard, owes that pretension only to its bulk; for it is in all parts contemptibly defective and is therefore deservedly forgotten. In Collier's Dictionary, what Geography there is, can scarcely be found among the crowd of other subjects, and when it is found, is of no great importance. The books of Eachard ...
— Life of Johnson, Volume 6 (of 6) • James Boswell



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