abominably

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English

Etymology

abominable +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adverb

abominably (comparative more abominably, superlative most abominably)

  1. In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]

Translations

References

  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abominably”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.