basely

1. 1.

   in a despicable, ignoble manner

   “this new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society”

   Synonymsmeanlyscurvily

Questions about basely

What does basely mean?

basely means "in a despicable, ignoble manner".

How many syllables are in basely?

basely has 3 syllables: ba-se-ly. The stress falls on "ba".

What is another word for basely?

Close synonyms include meanly, scurvily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is basely a common word?

basely is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.