basely

Example Sentences

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That was basely one-quarter of the previous week’s daily peak above 40,000 but only represents people who are tested after being admitted to hospitals or for jobs in schools and other higher-risk sites.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2022

But even so, there was always John Arden and Margaretta D'Arcy to retell the old tales of how the lifeblood of their works had been basely shed.

From The Guardian • Oct. 20, 2010

It's a first-person narration, which always presents a challenge, but more than that it's written in a baroque vernacular, at once basely imbecilic and highly articulate, endearing and grotesque.

From The Guardian • May 29, 2010

This is purely about money – as purely boringly and basely about money as all the rest of the duckhouses and moats.

From The Guardian • May 29, 2010

When last seen, she was sitting at the gate, watching the butcher’s cart, and it is feared that some villain, tempted by her charms, basely stole her.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott