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abjectness

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ab·ject  (bjkt, b-jkt)
adj.
1. Brought low in condition or status. See Synonyms at mean2.
2. Being of the most contemptible kind: abject cowardice.
3. Being of the most miserable kind; wretched: abject poverty.

[Middle English, outcast, from Latin abiectus, past participle of abicere, to cast away : ab-, from; see ab-1 + iacere, to throw; see y- in Indo-European roots.]

abjectly adv.
ab·jectness, ab·jection n.
Translations
abjectness [ˈæbdʒektnɪs] N
1. (= wretchedness) [of conditions] → lo miserable; [of position] → lo indigno
the abjectness of the conditions in which they livelo miserable de las condiciones en que viven
we were shocked at the abjectness of their performancenos dejo horrorizados lo mal que lo hicieron
2. (= grovelling quality) the abjectness of his apologyel tono sumiso y arrepentido de su disculpa
abjectness
n
(= wretchedness)Erbärmlichkeit f
(= servility) (of apology)Demut f; (of person, gesture also)Unterwürfigkeit f


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White Fang crawled slowly, cringing and grovelling in the abjectness of his abasement and submission.
His back was bowed up, the very opposite muscular position to that for a spring, while he drew his head more and more down and under his chest in utter abjectness, resting his weight on his elbows and shielding his poor nose with his massive paws, a single stroke of which could have ripped the life of Collins quivering from his body.
Billy moaned and groaned in the abjectness of humility and surrender, and let her have her way.
 
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