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Meanings of abominably in English

Portuguese
abissalmente

In an atrocious manner.

        abissalmente
        Portuguese
        de forma detestável

        In an offensive and hateful manner.

              de forma detestável
              Usage of abominably in English
              1
              The rocks at the north end of the beach are abominably slippery.
              Our Casualty, and Other Stories / 1918
              2
              The iron was deeply rusted and the place itself smelled abominably stale.
              Rainbow's End
              3
              I ought never to have given way; we were both abominably selfish.
              Vain Fortune: A Novel
              4
              In a great deal of my talk with D. I posed abominably.
              The Case of Richard Meynell
              5
              It was the right thing to do, and it was done abominably.
              War and the Future: Italy, France and Britain at War
              6
              And presently his soul rejected the lie he had abominably thought of.
              In the Wilderness
              7
              The carriage, with bad springs and hard cushions, jolted the occupants abominably.
              Casanova's Homecoming
              8
              Presently he felt soothed and distant, though his hand was hurting abominably.
              The subtle knife
              9
              Nothing, except that I was abominably awkward and the crystal abominably slippery.
              The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
              10
              She knew she was behaving abominably, and she was glad of it.
              The Coming of Bill
              11
              Then she sent for me and talked beautifully, and I behaved abominably.
              Stepping Heavenward
              12
              You have treated me abominably, to-day, Maurice; and I shan't forget it.
              Maurice Guest
              13
              The skin was coarse, almost scaly, and her whole person sagged abominably.
              Nights in London
              14
              He spoke to them abominably because he was frightened of their sex.
              Captivity
              15
              I would go to Canada-toQuebec-ifit was not so abominably cold.
              For Woman's Love
              16
              Rickman, although at the moment dining with Jewdwine, was so abominably direct.
              The Divine Fire
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