scrubbily, adv. rare.
(ˈskrʌbɪlɪ)
[f. scrubby a.1 + -ly2.]
In a mean or paltry manner; shabbily.
| 1891 G. Gissing New Grub Street I. vi. 142 ‘By-the-by, how has The Study been in the habit of treating you?’ ‘Scrubbily.’ ‘I'll make an opportunity of talking about your books to Fadge.’ |