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.