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# ignominiously

adverb (ignominiously)

«ignominiously» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

In a way that causes great shame or embarrassment in front of others; humiliatingly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ignominiously/#m1)

### In the lessons

In The Wind in the Willows Toad is often dumped ignominiously: thrown into the river by the barge-woman, falling into the mud, and finally hurled out of things he had boasted about. Stories use the word when a proud character suffers an embarrassing fall. Sports reports: «The team were ignominiously knocked out by a small club.»

### Examples

- The barge-woman threw Toad ignominiously into the canal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ignominiously/#x1)
- The proud champion was ignominiously beaten in the first round. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ignominiously/#x2)
- The thief was ignominiously caught with his hand in the cake tin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ignominiously/#x3)
- The villain fled ignominiously. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ignominiously/#x4)
- Our big plan ended ignominiously when the tent fell down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ignominiously/#x5)
- The bully slipped ignominiously in the mud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ignominiously/#x6)
- But when he saw that his bride and Prince Ivan were being escorted home together, he turned back again ignominiously. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ignominiously/#x7)

### Note

Long word: ig-no-MIN-ee-us-lee. From «ignominy» (public shame) → ignominious (adjective) → ignominiously (adverb).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ignominiously» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ignominiously/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ignominiously» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ignominiously.html) on Mova free.