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In an ignominious manner; so as to impart or incur disgrace; degradingly; basely.

Rather ignominiously, it sat down on the board and lifted its legs. — Omni: January 1994
His voice cracked ignominiously, and he spun around the door so that the Harper wouldn't see the tears of shame and relief in his eyes. — Dragon Drums
I'm embarrassed to say I fled the gallery rather ignominiously, and found myself standing in the train station, glass of wine still clutched in my hand. — F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 06 - June 2000
Boyda, simply put, ran a bad campaign and ignominiously was the only Democrat to lose a House seat in what was a year of big gains for the Ds. Jenkins isn't taking a seat on the committee as Republican Jerry Moran already holds a seat there. — High Plains Journal
But in reverse, he lost the title ignominiously to Ukraine's Vitali Klistchko in September.