Middle English Dictionary Entry
contemptiblī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | contemptiblī adv. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Disgracefully.
Associated quotations
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)190/4 : Þan had owr Lady & sche meche sorwe & gret peyn to se þe lombe of jnnocencye so contemptibly be haldyn & drawyn wyth hys owyn pepil, þat he was specialy sent vn-to.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)3.534 (v.1:p.32) : I Fonde .. that contemptibly Her life thei ledde, and in synful wise.