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despicably

Translations

despicablyadverb
de manière méprisable
He despicably betrayed his closest friends for personal gain.
Il a trahi de manière méprisable ses amis les plus proches pour en tirer un profit personnel.
Additional translations
de façon ignobleS’emploie pour qualifier une action ou un comportement jugés moralement condamnables.
de façon scandaleuseEmploi intensif, surtout devant un adjectif ou un adverbe à connotation négative.
Synonyms
vilely
reprehensibly
contemptibly
shamefully
wickedly

Definitions

despicablyadverb
In a manner deserving hatred and contempt.
He despicably betrayed his closest friends for personal gain.
Used as an intensifier before a negative adjective or adverb, meaning ‘extremely’ or ‘morally reprehensibly’.
The contract was despicably unfair to the workers.
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