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Sordidly
see synonyms of sordidlyAdverb
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Sordidly
see synonyms of sordidlyadjective
1.
dirty, foul, or squalid
2.
degraded; vile; base
a sordid affair
3.
selfish and grasping
sordid avarice
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Sordidly
see synonyms of sordidly adjective
1.
a.
dirty; filthy
b.
squalid; depressingly wretched
2.
a.
base; ignoble; mean
b.
mercenary, avaricious, grasping, or meanly selfish
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Sordidly
see synonyms of sordidlyadj.
1. Morally degraded: "The sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils" (James Joyce). See Synonyms at base2.
2.
a. Dirty or filthy: sordid clothing.
b. Squalid or wretched: a sordid tenement.
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