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abominably

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English

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Etymology

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From abominable +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɑm.ə.nə.bli/, /əˈbɑm.nə.bli/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adverb

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abominably (comparative more abominably, superlative most abominably)

  1. In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
    • 1903, The Pall Mall Magazine, volume 30, page 304:
      He lit a fire in the dining-room, and the chimney was damp and smoked abominably, so that when he had fed full on tinned meats he was fain to let the fire go out and to sit in his fur-lined overcoat by the becindered grate, now fast growing cold, and smoke pipe after pipe of gloomy reflection.

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References

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  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.
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