SHABBILY
shabbily
(adverb) in a mean and ungenerous manner; “the two were haggling shabbily in the drawing-room”
shabbily
(adverb) so as to appear worn and threadbare or dilapidated; “a shabbily dressed man”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
shabbily (comparative more shabbily, superlative most shabbily)
In a shabby manner.
Done poorly or ineptly.
Anagrams
• babishly
Source: Wiktionary
Shab"bi*ly, adv.
Definition: In a shabby manner.
SHABBY
Shab"by, a. [Compar. Shabbier; superl. Shabbiest.] Etym: [See Shab,
n., Scabby, and Scab.]
1. Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.
Wearing shabby coats and dirty shirts. Macaulay.
2. Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments. "The dean was
so shabby." Swift.
3. Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment. "Very shabby
fellows." Clarendon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition