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shabbily

adverb

  1. with shabby materials or instruments
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Wiktionary

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English shabby Middle English -ly English -ly English shabbily From shabby + -ly.

  1. In a shabby manner.

    King-of-the-Sky, whose wife had been so shabbily treated in the turtle division by not being given more than her due share, sat with his great back to one of the house posts.

  2. Done poorly or ineptly.