Abominably
[ə'bɔmənəbli;e'bɔminəbli;ə'bɔminəbli]
Definition
(adv.) In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably.
Checker: Sinclair
Examples
- After abusing you so abominably to your face, I could have no scruple in abusing you to all your relations. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- You used us abominably ill, answered Mrs. Hurst, running away without telling us that you were coming out. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Nevertheless it was abominably provoking. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Yes--she's been abominably treated; but it's unfortunately the precise thing that a man who wants to show his sympathy can't say to her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Whereas Ursula was still at the emotional personal level-always so abominably personal. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Europe was a system of governing machines abominably adjusted. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She is abominably rude to keep Charlotte out of doors in all this wind. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Well, all I know is, that it will be abominably rude if you do not wait on him. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- How abominably idle! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Yes: he smelt of gin abominably. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Oh, abominably--you've just hit it--keeps me awake at night. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- We are wasting time most abominably. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- What weakness had placed her so abominably at her enemy's mercy? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Queen's Crawley was abominably stupid, and yet the air there was somehow purer than that which she had been accustomed to breathe. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Checker: Sinclair