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ignomously

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English

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Etymology

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Medial clipping of ignominiously, equivalent to ignomous +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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ignomously (comparative more ignomously, superlative most ignomously)

  1. (uncommon, nonstandard) Ignominiously; in a shameful or disgraceful manner.
    • 2007, Norman Shabel, The Badger Game[1], page 148:
      I smiled ignomously and said with an embarrassed voice, “I’m sorry, Laura. To be honest, that’s all the French I know. It was meant to impress you.”
    • 2017, Colleen Marie Skidmore, Searching for Mary Schäffer: Women Wilderness Photography[2], quoting Molly Adams’s letter to “Dear Ones at Home,” 19-31 December 1908, page 27:
      Adams wrote that “M. and I were ignomously (sic) picked up and dumped on too, as h.m.s. ‘Chaba’ drew too much water to be brought quite up to shore, or even near enough for a long jump.”

Usage notes

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  • Generally considered an error.