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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
(uncommon, nonstandard) Ignominiously; in a shameful or disgraceful manner..
I smiled ignomously and said with an embarrassed voice, “I’m sorry, Laura. To be honest, that’s all the French I know. It was meant to impress you.”
Adams wrote that “M. and I were ignomously (sic) picked up and dumped on too, as h.m.s. ‘Chaba’ drew too much water to be brought quite up to shore, or even near enough for a long jump.”
Use ignomously when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ignomously means (uncommon, nonstandard) Ignominiously; in a shameful or disgraceful manner..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I smiled ignomously and said with an embarrassed voice, “I’m sorry, Laura. To be honest, that’s all the French I know. It was meant to impress you.”
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