chétivement
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Sentences with the word chétivement
Il lui apparut tout d'un coup et par le contraste, si gauche, si chétivement souffreteux que cette comparaison lui causa un malaise presque insoutenable.Paul Bourget (1852-1935)
Pour moi, j'étais orphelin et assez chétivement loti : un bois de hêtres, de bouleaux et de chênes, des étangs, quelques champs à épeautre constituaient mon patrimoine.Joseph Henri Rosny (1856-1940)
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Dictionnaire universel de Furetière (1690)
Historical definition of CHETIVEMENT adv.
D'une maniere chetive. Les Pedants nourrissent leurs escoliers fort chetivement.
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