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Definition of Abominably
1. Adverb. In an offensive and hateful manner. "I don't know anyone who could have behaved so abominably"
Partainyms: Abominable, Detestable, Odious, Repulsive
2. Adverb. In a terrible manner. "She sings terribly"
Partainyms: Atrocious, Awful, Rotten, Terrible
Definition of Abominably
1. adv. In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably.
Definition of Abominably
1. Adverb. In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abominably
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abominably
Literary usage of Abominably
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Káfirs of the Hindu-Kush by George Scott Robertson (1896)
"CHAPTER XXI The narrative continued—My escort behave abominably—Utah's tact—My
illness—Temporary desertion of escort—A ..."
2. The Early Diary of Frances Burney, 1768-1778: With a Selection from Her by Fanny Burney (1889)
"He had on his favourite scratch, his mob wig, as Mr. Twining calls it; —but in
spight of it he looked as abominably handsome as I think I ever saw him. ..."
3. The Eternal City by Hall Caine (1902)
"off after cheating me abominably. No matter! What do I want with a grand carriage
while ... abominably ..."
4. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1869)
"Now, he and his council regularly migrate to an abominably drained station in
the Himalayas, where a cold climate enables the constitution to recover from ..."
5. The Riviera by William Scott (1907)
"Its great tower, abominably mauled by the Maréchal de Villars, who ought to have
known better, is a genuine and undisputed relic and record of the great ..."
6. Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and by Matthew Calbraith Perry, Francis Lister Hawks (1856)
"... and the barber of one of the ships pronounced a razor, purchased in the town,
as abominably bud, neither cutting nor capable of being made to cut. ..."
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