"corruptly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /kəˈrʌpt.li/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Yangolin-corruptly.wav [General-American] Forms: more corruptly [comparative], most corruptly [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English corrupt Middle English -ly English -ly English corruptly From corrupt + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|corrupt|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English corrupt Middle English -ly English -ly English corruptly [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "corruptly", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="corruptly"> From corrupt + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv}} corruptly (comparative more corruptly, superlative most corruptly)
  1. In a corrupt manner. Translations (in a corrupt manner): corruptament (Catalan), korruptoituneesti (Finnish), corruptē (Latin), corruptamente (Spanish), corrompidamente (Spanish)
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