execrably

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ex·e·cra·ble (

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adj.

1. Deserving of execration; hateful.

2. Extremely inferior; very bad: an execrable meal.

[Middle English, from Latin execrbilis, from execrr, exsecrr, to execrate; see execrate.]

exe·cra·ble·ness n.

exe·cra·bly adv.

Translations

execrably [ˈeksɪkrəblɪ] ADV (frm) → execrablemente(frm)

execrably [ˈɛksɪkrəblɪ] (frm) adv (see adj) → pessimamente, in modo esecrabile

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But the night was long and dark: the snow heavily clogged the wheels and balled the horses' feet; the animals were consumedly lazy; the coachman most execrably cautious; the passengers confoundedly apathetic in their supine indifference to the rate of our progression.

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte, Anne View in context

I had meant well by friend and foe in turn, and I had ended in doing execrably by both.

A Thief in the Night by Hornung, E. W. View in context

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