Word Meanings - INFAMOUSLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

In an infamous manner or degree; scandalously; disgracefully; shamefully. The sealed fountain of royal bounty which had been infamously monopolized and huckstered. Burke.

Related words: (words related to INFAMOUSLY)

• INFAMOUSNESS
  The state or quality of being infamous; infamy.
• SCANDALOUSLY
  1. In a manner to give offense; shamefully. His discourse at table was scandalously unbecoming the digmity of his station. Swift. 2. With a disposition to impute immorality or wrong. Shun their fault, who, scandalously nice, Will needs mistake
• ROYALIZE
  to make royal. Shak.
• HUCKSTERER
  A huckster. Gladstone. Those hucksterers or money-jobbers. Swift.
• SEALER
  One who seals; especially, an officer whose duty it is to seal writs or instruments, to stamp weights and measures, or the like.
• INFAMOUSLY
  In an infamous manner or degree; scandalously; disgracefully; shamefully. The sealed fountain of royal bounty which had been infamously monopolized and huckstered. Burke.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• FOUNTAINLESS
  Having no fountain; destitute of springs or sources of water. Barren desert, fountainless and dry. Milton.
• ROYALIZATION
  The act of making loyal to a king. Saintsbury.
• MANNERIST
  One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• MANNERISM
  Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art. Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural
• BOUNTY
  bonté, fr. L. bonitas, fr. bonus good, for older duonus; cf. Skr. 1. Goodness, kindness; virtue; worth. Nature set in her at once beauty with bounty. Gower. 2. Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; gracious or liberal giving; generosity;
• INFAMOUS
  Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness. 4. Having a bad name as being the place where an odious crime was committed, or as being associated with something detestable; hence, unlucky;
• MONOPOLIZE
  To acquire a monopoly of; to have or get the exclusive privilege or means of dealing in, or the exclusive possession of; to engross the whole of; as, to monopolize the coffee trade; to monopolize land.
• ROYALTY
  1. The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty. Royalty by birth was the sweetest way of majesty. Holyday. 2. The person of a king or sovereign; majesty; as, in the presence of royalty.
• FOUNTAIN
  1. A spring of water issuing from the earth. 2. An artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises or flows; a basin built and constantly supplied with pure water for drinking and other
• ROYALIST
  An adherent of a king (as of Charles I. in England, or of the Bourbons in france); one attached to monarchical government. Where Ca'ndish fought, the Royalists prevailed. Waller.
• ROYALISM
  the principles or conduct of royalists.
• ROYALET
  A petty or powerless king. there were at this time two other royalets, as only kings by his leave. Fuller.
• SUPERROYAL
  Larger than royal; -- said of a particular size of printing and writing paper. See the Note under Paper, n.
• UNSEAL
  1. To break or remove the seal of; to open, as what is sealed; as, to unseal a letter. Unable to unseal his lips beyond the width of a quarter of an inch. Sir W. Scott. 2. To disclose, as a secret. The Coronation.
• UNMANNERLY
  Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude. -- adv.
• EPIPHYSEAL; EPIPHYSIAL
  Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epiphysis.
• PENNYROYAL
  An aromatic herb of Europe; also, a North American plant resembling it in flavor. Bastard pennyroyal See Blue curls, under Blue. (more info) puliall is ultimately derived fr. L. puleium, or pulegium regium (so called as being good against
• UNMONOPOLIZE
  To recover or release from the state of being monopolized. Unmonopolizing the rewards of learning and industry. Milton.
• ENSEAL
  To impress with a seal; to mark as with a seal; hence, to ratify. This deed I do enseal. Piers Plowman.
• BOUNTIHEAD; BOUNTYHOOD
  Goodness; generosity. Spenser.
• KONSEAL
  A form of capsule for inclosing a dose of medicine that is offensive, caustic, or the like.