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Princeton's WordNet
scandalouslyadverb
in a scandalous manner
"you behaved scandalously when you walked out of that meeting!"
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scandalouslyadverb
In a scandalous manner.
She was seen running for her life scandalously underclad.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Scandalouslyadverb
Etymology: from scandalous.
Shun their fault, who, scandalously nice,
Will needs mistake an author into vice. Alexander Pope.His discourse at table was scandalously unbecoming the dignity of his station; noise, brutality, and obsceneness. Jonathan Swift.
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scandalously
Scandalously is an adverb that refers to an action or behavior that is shockingly inappropriate, immoral, or dishonorable, typically causing widespread public outrage or disgrace. It can also mean something done in a sensational or provocative manner designed to attract attention or controversy.
Webster Dictionary
Scandalouslyadverb
in a manner to give offense; shamefully
Scandalouslyadverb
with a disposition to impute immorality or wrong
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of scandalously in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of scandalously in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of scandalously in a Sentence
Morality, taken as apart from religion, is but another name for decency in sin. It is just that negative species of virtue which consists in not doing what is scandalously depraved and wicked. But there is no heart of holy principle in it, any more than there is in the grosser sin.
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