ingloriously
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8.0
- adverb
- /ɪnˈɡlɔːriəsli/
:
ignominiosamente
- But as in landlessness alone resides highest truth, shoreless, indefinite as God, so better is it to perish in that howling infinite than be ingloriously dashed upon the lee, even if that were safety!
Examples
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It was decreed that they should fall in their turn; but they fall ingloriously, pitied by no one, and with nothing to hope for from posterity but its perfect contempt.
Academic text (2011) -
He ingloriously slipped and fell during the important presentation, causing the audience to laugh.
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She knows "every big shot in... town," she protests, as she is ingloriously thrown out of the establishment.
Fiction book (1995) -
The defenders were stranded in the besieged Fort, the Governor himself having ingloriously deserted.
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An attendant thrust open the bar and Christina lurched out, tumbling ingloriously and falling on her bottom.
Fiction book (1990) -
For Bloomsday 25, they took him to lunch (Samuel Beckett got so drunk he had to be "ingloriously abandoned," as Joyce put it, on the way home).
Academic text (2004) -
While they are thus ribbing him, Rabbit takes another ball from his pocket and tees it up and, with a stiff half-swing, sends it safely but ingloriously down the left side of the fairway.
Fiction book (1990) -
The team ingloriously lost the championship game after a series of critical mistakes.
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She ingloriously left the party after realizing her embarrassing mistake in front of everyone.
Synonyms
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3.5
In a way that makes you feel embarrassed
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3.4
In a way that makes people feel guilty or embarrassed
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6.8
In a shameful way that shows no honesty
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4.6
In a way that makes people feel ashamed
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7.1
In a way that is too bad to be excused
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7.0
In a way that makes people strongly dislike someone for bad or cruel actions
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9.9
In a way that causes public shame or loss of respect
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7.9
In a very bad, shameful way that deserves strong criticism
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8.2
In a very cruel and unfair way
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7.7
In a way that does not deserve respect or trust
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6.7
In a way that makes someone feel very ashamed and small
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8.6
In a way that is not noble or honorable
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7.9
In a very unfair and cruel way
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8.0
Causing strong embarrassment or shame
In a way that makes someone or something look bad
In a way that is very unfair and morally wrong
In a way that is wrong or unfair
In a way that cannot be forgiven
In a way that makes someone feel small and ashamed
Antonyms
How Honorable
Surface Forms
Morphology
ingloriously = inglorious (transparent) = in + glory + ous + ly
The adverb is a regular -ly formation from the adjective 'inglorious' with no important meaning shift.
Etymology
Ingloriously starts with in- meaning 'not' and the rest is glorious, from glory meaning 'honor' or 'fame'. So, to act ingloriously is to act 'without glory', in a shameful or dishonorable way.