Hypertext Webster Gateway: "basely"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Basely \Base"ly\, adv.
1. In a base manner; with despicable meanness; dishonorably;
shamefully.
2. Illegitimately; in bastardy. [Archaic] --Knolles.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
basely
adv : in a despicable, ignoble manner; "this new leader meanly
threatens the deepest values of our society" [syn: {meanly},
{scurvily}]
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