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Definition of Execrably
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Execrably
Literary usage of Execrably
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Laconics, Or The Best Words of the Best Authors: Or the Best Words of the by John Timbs (1856)
"I have known citizens, because grown rich, so execrably dainty^ as to swallow at
a morsel the nourishment of a hundred families : great are they who can ..."
2. The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1891)
"The execrably painted windows really shocked us by their vulgar glare, after
those of the Temple Hall and Church; yet, a few years ago, I might very likely ..."
3. Her Majesty's Mails: A History of the Post-office, and an Industrial Account by William Lewins (1865)
"From Newton to Stokesley in Cleveland," says Young, " is execrably bad. You are
obliged to cross the moors they call Black Hambledon, over which the road ..."
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