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Shabbily (Adverb)

So as to appear worn and threadbare or dilapidated; "a shabbily dressed man".

The visitors were shocked to find the mansion had been left shabbily decorated with old furniture and tattered curtains.
He walked into the office looking shabbily dressed in his wrinkled suit and scuffed shoes.
The old neighborhood had been neglected and allowed to fall into shabbily repair, with broken windows and boarded-up buildings.
Despite being a millionaire, he was often seen driving a shabbily maintained car, with fading paint and cracked bumpers.
The apartment was rented out shabbily furnished, with second-hand items and outdated appliances.

In a mean and ungenerous manner; "the two were haggling shabbily in the drawing-room".

The company was treating its employees shabbily by denying them basic benefits and fair wages.
He thought his business partner had dealt with him shabbily throughout the negotiations.
She felt he had behaved shabbily towards her after they parted ways, not even bothering to return her calls.
Local media outlets accused the government of treating the environment shabbily with their lax regulations.
In the context of charity work, wealthy philanthropists often come under criticism for treating others shabbily by not donating enough to their own causes.