Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a manner to lessen or take from; disparagingly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a derogatory manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb archaic In a
derogatory manner.
Etymologies
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derogate + -ly
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Examples
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723: Once name you derogately: when to sound your name
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