ABOMINABLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abominably mean? 

• ABOMINABLY (adverb)
  The adverb ABOMINABLY has 2 senses:

1. in an offensive and hateful manner

2. in a terrible manner

  Familiarity information: ABOMINABLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABOMINABLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an offensive and hateful manner

Synonyms:

abominably; detestably; odiously; repulsively

Context example:

I don't know anyone who could have behaved so abominably

Pertainym:

abominable (unequivocally detestable)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a terrible manner

Synonyms:

abominably; abysmally; atrociously; awfully; rottenly; terribly

Context example:

she sings terribly

 Context examples 

My sweet love, do not be so abominably affected.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

"They seem to have behaved abominably," said I.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Brooke will scratch up a fortune somehow, carry her off, and make a hole in the family, and I shall break my heart, and everything will be abominably uncomfortable.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

He had insulted Judge Blount, treated him abominably, and Judge Blount, meeting him on the street, invited him to dinner.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“You used us abominably ill,” answered Mrs. Hurst, “running away without telling us that you were coming out.”

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

We are wasting time most abominably.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

A general smile followed, in which Wolf Larsen joined, and the dinner went on smoothly, thanks to me, for he treated me abominably the rest of the meal, sneering at me and patronizing me till I was all a-tremble with suppressed rage.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Well, said I, all I can say is, that if this be true, he has used a young lady of my acquaintance abominably ill, and I wish with all my soul his wife may plague his heart out.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

She is abominably rude to keep Charlotte out of doors in all this wind.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

You have grown abominably lazy, you like gossip, and waste time on frivolous things, you are contented to be petted and admired by silly people, instead of being loved and respected by wise ones.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)