Definition of "discreditably" []

• In a discreditable manner (adverb)

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• "I rejoice when my books do well, and perhaps discreditably rejoice even more when an author's figures improve after I start editing him or her."
• "But the pernicious legacy of the Great Chain of Being also feeds the challenge ‘Where are the intermediates between major animal groups?’ and, nearly as discreditably, underlies the tendency of evolutionists to answer such a challenge by trotting out particular fossils, such as Archaeopteryx, the celebrated ‘intermediate between reptiles and birds’."
• "This is an impressive turn for the B'nai Brith, which has in the past dabbled discreditably in the human rights complaints business."