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Definition: Dishonorably |
DishonorablyAdverb1. In a dishonorable manner; "he acted dishonorably". 2. With dishonor; "he was dishonorably discharged". 3. In a dishonorably manner or to a dishonorable degree; "his grades were disgracefully low". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: DishonorablySynonyms: discreditably (adv), disgracefully (adv), dishonourably (adv), ignominiously (adv), ingloriously (adv), shamefully (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: honorably (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Dishonorably |
| English words defined with "dishonorably": discreditably, disgracefully, dishonourably ♦ ignominiously, ingloriously ♦ seduced, shamefully ♦ violated. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "dishonorably": Lying ♦ Victim. (references) |
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Screenplays | The accused are hereby sentenced to time already served, and you are ordered to be dishonorably discharged from the Marine Corps. (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) | |
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Sophocles | Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; But when the truth entails tremendous ruin, To speak dishonorably is pardonable. |
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Human Rights | Nicaragua | At year's end, the police dishonorably discharged 32 officers. (references) |
Nicaragua | Of those sanctioned, 32 officers were discharged dishonorably, and 63 were remanded to the courts; the rest received lesser punishments, including demotion, suspension, and loss of pay. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "dishonorably"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Albanian | pandershmërisht (basely, dishonestly, dishonourably). (various references) | ||||
German | unehrenhafte, entehrend (discreditable, discreditably, dishonorable, dishonoring). (various references) | ||||
Italian | disonorevolmente (dishonourably). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ishonorablyday | ||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | inhoneste. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-h-i-l-n-o-o-r-s-y" | |
-3 letters: boorishly, doornails, honorably. | |
-4 letters: blandish, blondish, bodhrans, bradoons, brandish, bridoons, broadish, broodily, diabolos, dishonor, doornail, hobnails, holidays, hyaloids, hydrosol, inboards, labroids, lardoons, ordinals, solidary. | |
-5 letters: abolish, albinos, aldrins, bailors, bairnly, baldish, baryons, boarish, bodhran, boorish, boyards, bradoon, brashly, bridals, bridoon, broadly, byroads, dahoons, dhooras, diabolo, diobols, doblons, dronish, hadrons, hairdos, haloids, handily, hardily. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-d-h-i-l-n-o-o-r-s-y" | |
+3 letters: labyrinthodonts. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01101000 01101111 01101110 01101111 01110010 01100001 01100010 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s h o n o r a b l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 0068 006F 006E 006F 0072 0061 0062 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)387585748180818467687891 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, albaner, albanese |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, tedesco |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italienisch, italiano |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, englisch, inglese |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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