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Definition of Detestably
1. Adverb. In an offensive and hateful manner. "I don't know anyone who could have behaved so abominably"
Partainyms: Abominable, Detestable, Odious, Repulsive
Definition of Detestably
1. adv. In a detestable manner.
Definition of Detestably
1. Adverb. In a detestable manner. ¹
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Definition of Detestably
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Detestably
Literary usage of Detestably
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. This Misery of Boots by Herbert George Wells (1908)
"... detestably under- educated, detestably housed, in the most detestable clothes
and boots, and so detestably broken in spirit that they will not treat him ..."
2. The Independent Review (1906)
"... detestably under-educated, detestably housed, in the most detestable clothes
and boots, and so detestably broken in spirit that they will not treat him ..."
3. Letters and Memorials by Richard Chenevix Trench (1888)
"I want to persuade him to edit Chaucer, for, save the Canterbury Tales, all the
rest is detestably done. What an extraordinarily elaborate artist, ..."
4. Professional Women Upon Their Professions by Margaret Bateson (1895)
"Yes ; she is detestably colloquial," says somebody of the Old Guard. She is
colloquial, certainly. I suspect that most of those " ancients," whom we read ..."
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