Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a degenerate or debased manner; unworthily.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a degenerate manner; unworthily.
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- adverb In a
degenerate manner
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Examples
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I know it is degenerately sexist, and it was swm who first told me it, but with mention of short skirts and the first sign of spring, I give you:
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(Any screwy argument premised on omnipotence (hyper-elasticity) and unfathomability (contraction) is true but degenerately so, ie. you can prove anything with omnipotence and unfathomability, if the premises are not thrown out as being flawed.)
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Thus the Epicureans reproach the other philosophers, that by their wisdom they bereave man of his life; whilst the others on the contrary accuse them of teaching men to live degenerately and like beasts.
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At the opposite end from hot electrons has been recent work on superconducting weak links in which a degenerately modulation-doped InAs/AlSb quantum well acts as a ballistic coupling medium between superconducting Nb electrodes.
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If a person could be persuaded, as he ought of this principle, that we are all originally descended from God, and that He is the Father of gods and men, I conceive he never would think meanly or degenerately concerning himself.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy Various 1909
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That is, the leg of the born cavalier is before you: and obscure it as you will, dress degenerately, there it is for ladies who have eyes.
The Egoist George Meredith 1868
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That is, the leg of the born cavalier is before you: and obscure it as you will, dress degenerately, there it is for ladies who have eyes.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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One a perfection directly infused from God; the other an infection obliquely and degenerately proceeding from man.
Dedication 1857
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I need a site that warns me away from degenerately upbeat movies.
Wired Top Stories Lore Sj 2011
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True ftavery, and that blindnefs worie than thity That fawjnot how degenerately I ferv*d.
The Works of the English Poets.: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical 1779
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