abjectly

English

WOTD - 25 May 2010    

Etymology

From abject +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /abˈdʒɛktli/, /ˈabdʒɛktli/
• (US) IPA: /æbˈdʒɛkt.li/

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Adverb

abjectly (comparative more abjectly, superlative most abjectly)

1. With great shame, desperately; in an abject fashion.

   I abjectly apologise for the damage I have done.

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

     So, deprived of one leg, and the strange ship of course being altogether unsupplied with the kindly invention, Ahab now found himself abjectly reduced to a clumsy landsman again;

Antonyms

• (somewhat) proudly

Related terms

• abject
• abjection
• abjectness

Translations

with great shame, desperately; in an abject fashion

French: abjectement (fr) Interlingua: abjectemente (ia)

Russian: смиренно (ru) Spanish: abyectamente (es)