Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an inglorious manner; without glory, fame, or honor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an inglorious manner; dishonorably; with shame; ignominiously; obscurely.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In an
inglorious manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree
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Examples
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"Well, Sarah, old Brigham was not sick at all -- only 'ingloriously' drunk."
Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" Edith Matilda Thomas 1889
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Wonderful and very original rendering of ingloriously Batman and Robin!
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While we have the break, here's more action from elsewhere - with my colleague Steve Busfield sending me this clip of Toby Gerhart's 67-yard run for Washington ending ingloriously.
New York Giants 29 New York Jets 14 - as it happened | Paolo Bandini 2011
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Federation, along with its allies in the structural trades, had backed up the teamsters, and all had smashed down ingloriously.
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Ludar's former head smashed against the unyielding stone with a pronounced thud, then bounced a time or two before settling ingloriously amongst the sand and gravel.
Archive 2010-02-01 Cromsblood 2010
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There seemed a tacit conspiracy against Jackson, and I was aware of a thrill of sympathy for the whining lawyer who had ingloriously fought his case.
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Three times he has gone up against Netanyahu; three times he has ingloriously failed.
Notable & Quotable 2011
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It's a moment he has thirsted for, really, since the plane ride home after last season, which ended ingloriously at the hands of the Texas Rangers with Mr. Burnett bounced from the playoff rotation.
Burnett's Tuning Out the Noise Daniel Barbarisi 2011
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Colonel Ingram had ingloriously bolted, overturning a palm in his flight.
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Ludar's former head smashed against the unyielding stone with a pronounced thud, then bounced a time or two before settling ingloriously amongst the sand and gravel.
More Conan Fan Fiction! Cromsblood 2010
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