shamefully

«shamefully» in Mova's school dictionary: In a way that should make someone feel ashamed; very… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (shamefully; more shamefully, most shamefully)

meaning for a pupil

1) In a way that should make someone feel ashamed; very badly or unfairly: «They were shamefully treated.» tree →

2) Showing shame. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and ethics lessons, people who were shamefully treated suffered great unfairness. In stories, a character who behaved shamefully must feel sorry and put things right; Toad behaves shamefully and later promises to change.

examples

• The poor workers were shamefully treated. tree →
• The ducks were shamefully neglected by their owner. tree →
• Toad behaved shamefully at the trial. tree →
• He shamefully lied to his best friend. tree →
• The old church had been shamefully left to fall down. tree →
• She hung her head shamefully. tree →
• But they wouldn't listen to him, and abused him shamefully, and he got away as quick as he could. tree →

note

From «shameful» + «-ly». Related: shame, ashamed, shameless (with no shame). Opposite: honourably.

In the corpora

• A wise son gathereth in summer; but a son that doeth shamefully sleepeth in harvest.
• A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband; but she that doeth shamefully is as rottenness in his bones.
• A righteous man hateth lying; but a wicked man behaveth vilely and shamefully.
• The king's favour is toward a servant that dealeth wisely; but his wrath striketh him that dealeth shamefully.
• A son that dealeth shamefully and reproachfully will despoil his father, and chase away his mother.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «shamefully» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.