adverb
turpiter
turpiter (comparative turpius, superlative turpissimē)
Meaning
- repulsively
- in an ugly manner
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
cum dēdecoreturpiter — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 10
turpĭter, adv., v. turpis
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
turpiter adv. with comp. and sup.
turpis, in an unsightly manner, repulsively : ut turpiter atrum Desinat in piscem mulier, H.: claudicare, O.—Fig., in an unseemly manner, basely, shamefully, disgracefully, dishonorably : facere nihil: se in castra recipere, Cs.: an turpius meretrici dedit? an inprobius, etc.?: turpissime es perbacchatus.