Base·ly, adv.
1. In a base manner; with despicable meanness; dishonorably; shamefully.
2. Illegitimately; in bastardy. [Archaic]
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basely
adv : in a despicable, ignoble manner; "this new leader meanly
threatens the deepest values of our society" [syn: meanly,
scurvily]