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abominably

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a·bom·i·na·ble  (-bm-n-bl)
adj.
1. Unequivocally detestable; loathsome: abominable treatment of prisoners.
2. Thoroughly unpleasant or disagreeable: abominable weather.
[Middle English abhominable, from Old French, from Latin abminbilis, from abminr, to abhor; see abominate.]
a·bomi·na·bly adv.
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Adv.1.abominablyabominably - in an offensive and hateful manner; "I don't know anyone who could have behaved so abominably"
detestably, odiously, repulsively
2.abominablyabominably - in a terrible manner; "she sings terribly"
abysmally, atrociously, rottenly, terribly, awfully
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abominably [əˈbɔmɪnəblɪ] abominable adv → scheußlich


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