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DEGRADINGLY

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de⋅grad⋅ing

  [di-grey-ding]
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–adjective
that degrades; debasing; humiliating: degrading submission.
Origin:
1675–85; degrade + -ing 2

Related forms:
de⋅grad⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
de⋅grad⋅ing⋅ness, noun
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de·grad·ing   (dĭ-grā'dĭng)   
adj.  Tending or intended to degrade: "There is nothing so degrading as the constant anxiety about one's means of livelihood" (W. Somerset Maugham).
de·grad'ing·ly adv.
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