abominably, adv.
(əˈbɒmɪnəblɪ)
Also 6–7 abhominably.
[f. abominable + -ly2.]
1. So as to cause disgust and hatred; offensively, loathsomely; odiously.
| a 1520 Myrroure of Our Ladye 194 They..ledde theyr lyues abhomynably in fylthe of flesshely luste. 1535 Coverdale Wisd. xix. 12 They dealt so abhominably & churlishly with straungers. 1602 Shakes. Ham. iii. ii. 39 I haue thought some of Natures Iouerney-men had made men, and not made them well, they imitated Humanity so abhominably. 1611 Bible 1 Kings xxi. 26 And hee did very abominably in following Idoles. 1791 Burke Reg. Peace Wks. IX. 46 The Committee for foreign Affairs [Sansculottes] were such slovens, and stunk so abominably, that no Muscadin Ambassadour..could come within ten yards of them. 1881 Sala Illus. Lond. News 19 Feb. 171 The abominably despotic government of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies. |
2. loosely. Very badly, unpleasantly, or distastefully.
| 1643 Trevor Let. in Carte Collect. (1735) 259 The King wants armes and money abominably. 1743 Walpole Lett. to H. Mann 87 (1834) I. 303 My dear child she brags abominably. 1853 Kane Grinnell Exped. i. 486 (1856) The abominably iterated accordions, with their kindred Jews-harps. |