Definition of "scurvily" []

• In a scurvy manner; contemptibly; despicably; in a low, disgusting and mean way. (adverb)

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• "It's my firm conviction that Griffiths is a rogue, and that he treated me quite scurvily yesterday."
• "'See but the different way in which things strike people! however, it is not very pretty in you, Camilla, to praise him for treating me so scurvily."
• "Damascus, 463 and see what hath become of the cook whose sweetmeats we ate and whose head we broke, for indeed he was kind to us and we entreated him scurvily."