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# scurvily

«scurvily» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a mean, unfair or shabby way, as when someone is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (no other forms)

### meaning for a pupil

In a mean, unfair or shabby way, as when someone is treated badly or let down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scurvily/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales, a person who is treated or who behaves meanly; "so scurvily" means in a nasty, unfair way

### examples

- He treated the poor boy scurvily and gave him no food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scurvily/#x1)
- She laughed scurvily at the lost puppy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scurvily/#x2)
- The old man was dealt with scurvily by his neighbours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scurvily/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «scurvily» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scurvily/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.