Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SCUR'VI-LY
SCUR'VI-LY, adv. [from scurvy.]
Basely; meanly; with coarse and vulgar incivility. The clergy were never more learned, or so scurvily treated. – Swift.
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SCUR'VI-LY, adv. [from scurvy.]
Basely; meanly; with coarse and vulgar incivility. The clergy were never more learned, or so scurvily treated. – Swift.
Return to page 54 of the letter “S”.