obnoxiouslyadv.
/əbˈnɒkʃəsli/, /ɒbˈnɒkʃəsli/, U.S. /əbˈnɑkʃəsli/ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > [adverb]
subjectively1579
dispositively1616
obnoxiously1625
subjectedlya1793
1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis iii. iv. 161 They seldome come to a pitcht Field: their dangers are little or suddaine, for they are obnoxiously pacified [L. obnoxie placantur].
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Obnoxiously, in a state of subjection; in the state of one liable to punishment.
1804 J. Collins Scripscrapologia 106 I went to the Landlord of all the Stage Coaches,..To whom I obnoxiously made my approaches.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Obnoxiously, in a state of subjection or liability.
2. Offensively, objectionably, in a disagreeable manner.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [adverb]
loathlya1000
loathsomelya1400
hatefullyc1425
heinouslyc1440
abominably1447
ugsomelyc1450
odiouslya1500
detestably1531
abominationly1592
obscenely1598
repellingly1811
repellently1812
nauseatingly1815
obnoxiously1828
sickeningly1839
rebarbatively1934
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Obnoxiously,..2. reprehensibly; odiously; offensively.
1870 R. Broughton Red as Rose I. xii. 243 And yet their talk..holds nothing obnoxiously fond or flirtatious.
1877 Vagabond Ann. 138 ‘A dog’ is the name given to..a warder who is obnoxiously active in searching and reporting every petty case.
1901 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 6 834 This economic idea is too often thrust obnoxiously into the foreground.
1992 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Jan. 135/1 He behaves obnoxiously, shows his fat, hairy little tum.
2001 N.Y. Mag. 25 June 86/3 Admission, obnoxiously enough, is at the whim of the doorwoman.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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