shabbily - adj.
(shabbier, shabbiest)
1 in bad repair or condition; faded and worn, dingy, dilapidated.
2 dressed in old or worn clothes.
3 of poor quality.
4 contemptible, dishonourable (a shabby trick).

shabbily adv. shabbiness n. shabbyish adj. [shab scab f. OE sceabb f. ON, rel. to SCAB]