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Definition of Abjectly
1. Adverb. In a hopeless resigned manner. "She shrugged her shoulders abjectly"
Definition of Abjectly
1. adv. Meanly; servilely.
Definition of Abjectly
1. Adverb. With great shame, desperately; in an abject fashion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abjectly
1. abject [adv] - See also: abject
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abjectly
Literary usage of Abjectly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Great Conspiracy by John Alexander Logan (1886)
"... TO THE SOUTH—CONCILIATION abjectly BEGGED FOR—BRUTAL SNEERS AT THE NORTH,AND
THREATS OF CLINGMAN, IVERSON, AND OTHER SOUTHERN FIRE- EATERS, IN THE U. 8. ..."
2. Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad (1900)
"It was the element of his nature which permeated all his acts and passions and
emotions; he raged abjectly, smiled abjectly, was abjectly sad; ..."
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