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# shamefully

«shamefully» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a way that should make someone feel ashamed; very…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (shamefully; more shamefully, most shamefully)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a way that should make someone feel ashamed; very badly or unfairly: «They were shamefully treated.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shamefully/#m1)

2) Showing shame. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shamefully/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history and ethics lessons, people who were shamefully treated suffered great unfairness. In stories, a character who behaved shamefully must feel sorry and put things right; Toad behaves shamefully and later promises to change.

### examples

- The poor workers were shamefully treated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shamefully/#x1)
- The ducks were shamefully neglected by their owner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shamefully/#x2)
- Toad behaved shamefully at the trial. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shamefully/#x3)
- He shamefully lied to his best friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shamefully/#x4)
- The old church had been shamefully left to fall down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shamefully/#x5)
- She hung her head shamefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shamefully/#x6)
- But they wouldn't listen to him, and abused him shamefully, and he got away as quick as he could. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shamefully/#x7)

### note

From «shameful» + «-ly». Related: shame, ashamed, shameless (with no shame). Opposite: honourably.

### In the corpora

- [A wise son gathereth in summer; but a son that doeth shamefully sleepeth in harvest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.263/)
- [A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband; but she that doeth shamefully is as rottenness in his bones.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.325/)
- [A righteous man hateth lying; but a wicked man behaveth vilely and shamefully.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.354/)
- [The king's favour is toward a servant that dealeth wisely; but his wrath striketh him that dealeth shamefully.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.410/)
- [A son that dealeth shamefully and reproachfully will despoil his father, and chase away his mother.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.555/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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