scandalously
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6.1
- adverb
- /ˈskændəˌləsli/
- Literature
:
escandalosamente
- When Baudelaire told Manet, "You are only the first in the decrepitude of your art," he referred to the scandalously frank picture of a courtesan, Olympia, rendered with startling flatness in 1865.
Scandalously, scandalously, she was described as a racist sympathizer on her show The Talk.
- Scandalously, scandalously, she was described as a racist sympathizer on her show The Talk.
Examples
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In a passage during which she describes her mother as "eagle-featured" and "indomitable," she says that her mother had "gladly, scandalously, defiantly beggared herself for love; and, one fine day, her gallant soldier never returned from the wars, leaving his wife and child a legacy.
Academic text (1995) -
The proportion of divorced men who renege on their legally stipulated child support is scandalously high, so that even our government is proposing to do something about it.
Academic text (1994) -
If Russia's low fertility rates are cause enough for concern, its mortality rates are scandalously high.
Academic text (2005) -
I have most scandalously ignored the preparations made for me by those who forced me to emigrate.
Fiction book (1999) -
Even our Holy Orthodox churches are scandalously liberalized in America.
Blog text (7) -
"When we started our group in 2009, no one knew how unjust and scandalously pro-bank these laws were.
Blog text (21) -
For example, Sudbury was such a scandalously venal borough.
Academic text (2010) -
When Kate Chopin's Awakening was published in 1899, it was labeled as scandalously shocking and offensive.
Academic text (2004) -
Instead, we talked about Shira Feldman, Becky Feldman's seventeen-year-old daughter, who had once again been spotted wearing a scandalously short skirt.
Fiction book (2000) -
The politician's scandalously corrupt actions led to widespread protests across the country.
Synonyms
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5.8
In a way that is very shocking, too much, or rude
10
3.4
In a way that makes people feel guilty or embarrassed
9
6.8
In a shameful way that shows no honesty
6
7.4
In a very obvious way that breaks rules and offends people
6
8.2
In an extremely bad and obvious way that shocks people
3
4.6
In a way that makes people feel ashamed
1
6.7
In a way that others find rude or offensive
1
9.9
In a way that causes public shame or loss of respect
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8.6
In a way that shows strong disgust and moral disapproval
In a way that makes someone or something look bad
In a way that deserves a lot of blame for bad behavior
Antonyms
How Scandalous
Surface Forms
Morphology
scandalously = scandalous (transparent) = scandal + ous + ly
The word 'scandalously' is transparently derived from 'scandalous' with the adverbial suffix '-ly', indicating the manner of being scandalous.
Etymology
Scandalously comes from scandal, which in turn comes from an old Greek word skandalon meaning 'stumbling block'. That's why something done scandalously is done in a way that shocks people or causes public outrage.