DEROGATELY
Etymology
Adverb
derogately (comparative more derogately, superlative most derogately)
(archaic) In a derogatory manner.
Anagrams
• delegatory
Source: Wiktionary
Der"o*gate*ly, adv.
Definition: In a derogatory manner.
DEROGATE
Der"o*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Derogated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Derogating.] Etym: [L. derogatus, p. p. of derogare to derogate; de-
+ rogare to ask, to ask the people about a law. See Rogation.]
1. To annul in part; to repeal partly; to restrict; to limit the
action of; -- said of a law.
By several contrary customs, . . . many of the civil and canon laws
are controlled and derogated. Sir M. Hale.
2. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage; to depreciate; -- said
of a person or thing. [R.]
Anything . . . that should derogate, minish, or hurt his glory and
his name. Sir T. More.
Der"o*gate, v. i.
1. To take away; to detract; to withdraw; -- usually with from.
If we did derogate from them whom their industry hath made great.
Hooker.
It derogates little from his fortitude, while it adds infinitely to
the honor of his humanity. Burke.
2. To act beneath one-s rank, place, birth, or character; to
degenerate. [R.]
You are a fool granted; therefore your issues, being foolish, do not
derogate. Shak.
Would Charles X. derogate from his ancestors Would he be the
degenerate scion of that royal line Hazlitt.
Der"o*gate, n. Etym: [L. derogatus, p. p.]
Definition: Diminished in value; dishonored; degraded. [R.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition