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Definition of Abhorrently
1. adv. With abhorrence.
Definition of Abhorrently
1. Adverb. With abhorrence. ¹
2. Adverb. In a manner, or to a degree, that is abhorrent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abhorrently
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abhorrently
Literary usage of Abhorrently
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1826)
"Was it nothing that, in the face of the public, all the leaders of the Roman
Catholic church in Ireland had abhorrently disclaimed such tenets ! ..."
2. The Writings of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens, Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1894)
"Rosa puts her hands to her temples, and, pushing back her hair, looks wildly and
abhorrently at him, as though she were trying to piece together what it is ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Languageby Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"abhorrently, (ab-hor'-rent-le) ad. In an abhorrent manner. ABHORRER, (ab-hor'-rar)
ns A hater, detester. To ABIDE, (ï-bide') rn To stay in a place ..."
4. Romance & Tragedy by Prosser Hall Frye (1922)
"... vegetarianism and anti-Semitism — while the colonizing expedition to Paraguay
was in his opinion of an abhorrently levelling or democratic tendency. ..."
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