"despicably" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-despicably.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more despicably [comparative], most despicably [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English despicable Middle English -ly English -ly English despicably From despicable + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|despicable|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English despicable Middle English -ly English -ly English despicably [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" : "despicably", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="despicably"> From despicable + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv}} despicably (comparative more despicably, superlative most despicably)
  1. In a despicable or mean manner; contemptibly
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