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Scandalously

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Adverb

1. scandalously

in a scandalous manner

Example Sentences:
'you behaved scandalously when you walked out of that meeting!'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Scandalously

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noun
1. 
a disgraceful action or event
his negligence was a scandal
2. 
censure or outrage arising from an action or event
3. 
a person whose conduct causes reproach or disgrace
4. 
malicious talk, esp gossip about the private lives of other people
5. law
a libellous action or statement
verb (transitive) obsolete
6. 
to disgrace
7. 
to scandalize

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Scandalously

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noun
1.  Christian Theology
unseemly conduct of a religious person that discredits religion or causes moral lapse in another
2. 
any act, person, or thing that offends or shocks moral feelings of the community and leads to disgrace
3. 
a reaction of shame, disgrace, outrage, etc. caused by such an act, person, or thing
4. 
ignominy; disgrace
5. 
malicious gossip; defamatory or slanderous talk
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈscandaled or ˈscandalled, ˈscandaling or ˈscandalling
6.  Chiefly Dialectal
to slander
7.  Obsolete
to disgrace

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Scandalously

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adj.
1. Causing scandal; shocking: scandalous behavior.
2. Containing material damaging to reputation; defamatory: a scandalous exposé.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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