abjectly
English
Etymology
abject + -ly. From Middle English.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 348: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /abˈd͡ʒɛkt.li/, /ˈab.d͡ʒɛkt.li/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 348: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /æbˈd͡ʒɛkt.li/, /æbˈd͡ʒɛk.li/
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Adverb
abjectly (comparative more abjectly, superlative most abjectly)
- With great shame, desperately; in an abject fashion. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
- 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
Translations
with great shame, desperately; in an abject fashion
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References
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abjectly”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 5.