degradingly

degradingly
In a degrading manner.

It is an offence to the dignity of workers to pay them degradingly low wages. What constitutes a degradingly low wage will, of course, be affected by the standards of the time; it is a relative as much as an absolute idea.


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  • degradingly — de·grad·ing·ly …   English syllables

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