The two were haggling shabbily in the drawing-room. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A shabbily dressed man. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective, : shabby clothes. ,The rooms on the upper floors of the mansion had a rather shabby appearance, as if they had not been much in use of late. ,a shabby person. ,a shabby hotel. ,shabby behavior. ,a shabby rendition of the sonata. From Dictionary.com.
The latest development emerged after Thompson claimed United had been treated "shabbily" by the SFA. From Wordnik.com. [Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
"shabbily" by the SFA in their bid to recruit Levein. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
Then why, you demand, are you dressed so shabbily?. From Wordnik.com. [The Satyricon — Complete] Reference
I know just how shabbily you treated her last year. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Allen: Right Guard] Reference
The shabbily dressed man seemed undecided what to do. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Ocean to the South Pole Or, the Strange Cruise of the Submarine Wonder] Reference
"How dared that dreadful woman treat you so shabbily?". From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Problem] Reference
He was also rather fantastically but shabbily dressed. From Wordnik.com. [Amos Huntingdon] Reference
Nearly all were shabbily dressed, and of large and bony frame. From Wordnik.com. [The Kentucky Ranger] Reference
He did not want to see his women folk go shabbily in the town. From Wordnik.com. [The Blood of the Conquerors] Reference
"Spectrum" treats my hammered horsenail illustration shabbily. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
She was shabbily dressed, with a trace of gentility in clothes and manner. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
To treat him shabbily in any way denotes no real appreciation of his presence. From Wordnik.com. [The Etiquette of To-day] Reference
"Well, if it is, so much the better fun; he won't treat you so shabbily another time.". From Wordnik.com. [Louis' School Days A Story for Boys] Reference
Beside the brook stood a shabbily-dressed man, apparently fifty-five or sixty years old. From Wordnik.com. [The Mansion of Mystery Being a Certain Case of Importance, Taken from the Note-book of Adam Adams, Investigator and Detective] Reference
But the rooms are shabbily furnished with lamps that look like they belong in a chem lab. From Wordnik.com. [Escape To The Balkans] Reference
In that case, why was I treated so shabbily until the issue was featured on the HuffPost?. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Arkus: Expedia, You Don't Mess With the Zohan -- or Anybody Else!] Reference
So why was I treated so shabbily until my August double-booking situation was on HuffPost?. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Arkus: Expedia, You Don't Mess With the Zohan -- or Anybody Else!] Reference
The reception-room was not luxuriously furnished, but it was by no means shabbily equipped. From Wordnik.com. [A Pirate of Parts] Reference
Roger cast a quick appraising glance over the shabbily dressed man and walked to the table. From Wordnik.com. [Danger in Deep Space] Reference
I cannot keep my eyes from that shabbily dressed figure; from that white, tear-stained face. From Wordnik.com. [The Statesmen Snowbound] Reference
They started right in to tell everyone how brilliant she was and how shabbily we had treated her. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference
Then we struggled up more stairs, and after many turnings drew up before a shabbily furnished room. From Wordnik.com. [The Statesmen Snowbound] Reference
When he came home in the evening, tired out, shabbily dressed, he must hurry up to his room to dress. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He was shabbily dressed, but possessed a fine, intelligent face, and bore himself with cool confidence. From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Coterie] Reference
Mr. Bryan has shabbily infringed that good American doctrine that politics should end at the water's edge. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
He and his supporters could cause serious trouble if they feel Wahid has been shabbily treated or humiliated. From Wordnik.com. [Indonesia: 'He's Finished'] Reference
Some were old, some young, some hale, respectable looking men; others were pale, meagre, and shabbily dressed. From Wordnik.com. [Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII] Reference
He was evidently a boy from the streets, as he was shabbily dressed and carried half a dozen papers under his arm. From Wordnik.com. [The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World] Reference
She had been the fifth jumper in as many years, anonymous, shabbily dressed, shredded by the oncoming subway train. From Wordnik.com. [Jumper] Reference
It may be mentioned here, that he was very shabbily treated by several people who owed fame and fortune to his genius. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics] Reference
Her subjects may have been dressed shabbily, but she insisted: "If they were coming to visit me. they'd dress up, too.". From Wordnik.com. [Queen Mum: What Royalty Is Good For] Reference
The man was shabbily dressed, but about my own age as far as I could gather, yet I never remembered having met him before. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Lal A Fantasy] Reference
He was not there now, but in the dingy waiting room, where Freda went to make inquiries, she found a shabbily dressed woman. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar] Reference
He was rubicund, and more youthful of countenance; shabbily smart in dress; excessively "horsey," and somewhat loud in manner. From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Coterie] Reference
And the politicians on both sides should be ashamed of themselves for treating 16 volunteers from the private sector so shabbily. From Wordnik.com. [Routine mammograms and the importance of rating preventive services] Reference
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