ABJECTLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abjectly mean? 

• ABJECTLY (adverb)
  The adverb ABJECTLY has 1 sense:

1. in a hopeless resigned manner

  Familiarity information: ABJECTLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABJECTLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a hopeless resigned manner

Synonyms:

abjectly; resignedly

Context example:

she shrugged her shoulders abjectly

Pertainym:

abject (showing utter resignation or hopelessness)

 Context examples 

Once before he had tried Spencer, and choosing the "Principles of Psychology" to begin with, he had failed as abjectly as he had failed with Madam Blavatsky.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Pike, who had been trembling abjectly, took heart at this open mutiny, and sprang upon his overthrown leader.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)