abominablyadv.
/əˈbɒm(ᵻ)nəbli/, U.S. /əˈbɑm(ə)nəbli/ 1. So as to excite disgust or revulsion; offensively, reprehensibly; loathsomely, odiously, detestably.
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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
1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 5183 (MED) Man..had..hym-self deformyd abhomynabylly, By þe enuye deceyuyuyd of hys enmy, Clepyd serpent.
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 194 They..ledde theyr lyues abhomynably in fylthe of flesshely luste.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Wisd. xix. 12 They dealt so abhominably & churlishly with straungers.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 35 I haue thought some of Natures Iornimen had made men, and not made them well, they imitated humanitie so abhominably.
1611 Bible (King James) 1 Kings xxi. 26 And hee did very abominably in following Idoles. View more context for this quotation
c1645 W. Atkins Relation of Journey (1994) 228 Water..stunck so abhominablie.
1724 D. Defoe Fortunate Mistress 337 Amy began the second time, to talk thus abominably of killing the poor Child, of murthering her.
1795 E. Burke Fourth Let. Peace Regicide Directory in Writings & Speeches (1991) IX. 72 The Committee for foreign Affairs [sc. Sansculottes] were such slovens, and stunk so abominably, that no Muscadin Ambassador..could come within ten yards of them.
1822 Times 5 Nov. 2/3 By a very ancient act of Parliament, passed when the Jews were so abominably persecuted, it is not permitted that a greater number of persons of that religion than 12 shall be sworn in as stock-brokers.
1881 G. A. Sala Illustr. London News 19 Feb. 171 The abominably despotic government of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
1948 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 12 May 2/8 They came from the countries where..the Jews were the most abominably treated.
1995 Independent (Nexis) 18 July 14 The ‘Great Satan’—Western civilisation personified as abominably evil.
2. In weakened sense: in a very bad, unpleasant, or distasteful manner; greatly, terribly.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adverb] > in unpleasant manner > extremely
abominably1593
1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 68 He had euer passed vntouched with any sillable of reuenge in Print, had not Greene, and this dog-fish, abhominably misused the verbe passiue.
1643 Trevor Let. in T. Carte Coll. Lett. Great Men (1735) 259 The King wants armes and money abominably.
1669 T. Shadwell Royal Shepherdess ii. 25 I love this Evadne most abominably.
1743 H. Walpole Let. 3 Oct. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) I. 317 My dear child, she brags abominably.
1778 F. Burney Jrnl. July (1994) 59 These sort of Questions are always abominably embarrassing.
1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. xiv. 274 We are wasting time most abominably . View more context for this quotation
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxv. 223 Yes: he smelt of gin abominably. I remarked it.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. l. 486 The abominably iterated accordions, with their kindred Jews-harps.
1921 E. L. White Andivius Hedulio i. i. 9 Everything was abominably humdrum.
1967 A. S. Byatt Game (1983) iv. 49 Cassandra had behaved abominably over the whole thing.
1992 Newsweek 27 Jan. 6/1 It's Cher, the abominably rich megastar.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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