Associations to the word «Shabbily»

Wiktionary

SHABBILY, adverb. In a shabby manner.
SHABBILY, adverb. Done poorly or ineptly.

Dictionary definition

SHABBILY, adverb. So as to appear worn and threadbare or dilapidated; "a shabbily dressed man".
SHABBILY, adverb. In a mean and ungenerous manner; "the two were haggling shabbily in the drawing-room".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope