basely

How To Use basely In A Sentence

• The time of life is short ; to spend that shortness basely, it would be too long. 
• And, would you believe it? the frequent visits of this gentlemen have been interpreted basely to her disreputation. — Clarissa Harlowe
• The time of life is short ; to spend that shortness basely, it would be too long. 
• This was the work of those, who, if our author say true, thought basely of the public concernments; and believing things might be well enough managed by others, minded only their private affairs.
• Giving out that he felt very unwell after the round of gaieties, he basely deserted, got into the most uncomfortable train in the world and, two days later, threw himself on the hospitality of the landlord of the bosker hotel at Cook's Wall, entirely omitting to let Marcella know that he was coming. Captivity
• Herein Judah is said to have dealt treacherously, for they basely betrayed their own honour and profaned that holiness of the Lord which they should have loved (so some read it); and it is said to be an abomination committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; it was hateful to Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
• Though as yet we had never had a personal interview, he, nevertheless, corresponded with me with great frankness and confidence; which _confidence_, I beg him to make himself perfectly satisfied, shall never be basely betrayed by me, even if he should behave to me worse than he already has done; even if he should employ his hopeful paid agent Cleary to read upon the hustings a private letter a day, for the remainder of his life. Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2
• Then the knight recalls how the other had basely reproached him about the cart; so he assails him and drubs him so soundly that not a string or strap remains unbroken about the neck-band of his hauberk, and he knocks the helmet and ventail from his head. Four Arthurian Romances
• The testimony which stirred up the bile of the holy fathers could not but be given, unless you had been willing basely to tergiversate and to expose yourself to their taunts. The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)
• The time of life is short ; to spend that shortness basely, it would be too long.