scurvily

1. 1.

   in a despicable, ignoble manner

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

   Synonymsmeanlybasely

Questions about scurvily

What does scurvily mean?

scurvily means "in a despicable, ignoble manner".

How many syllables are in scurvily?

scurvily has 3 syllables: scur-vi-ly. The stress falls on "scur".

What is another word for scurvily?

Close synonyms include meanly, basely. 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 scurvily a common word?

scurvily 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.