ignobly

1. 1.

   in a currish manner; meanspiritedly

   “he behaved ignobly”

   Synonymscurrishly

Questions about ignobly

What does ignobly mean?

ignobly means "in a currish manner; meanspiritedly".

How many syllables are in ignobly?

ignobly has 3 syllables: ig-no-bly. The stress falls on "ig".

What is another word for ignobly?

Close synonyms include currishly. 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 ignobly a common word?

ignobly 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.