Meanings
comparative more abhorrently · superlative most abhorrently
- In a manner, or to a degree, that is abhorrent; with abhorrence.First known use Early 19ᵗʰ century.
From a basic belief that dropping a nuclear bomb would be an abhorrently immoral act, the bishop has taken the next step: he has tried to make a case that there is only one right way and one wrong way to avoid nuclear catastrophe.
1982 June 28, Texas Monthly, volume 10, number 6, page 168
Origin
- Englishabhorrent
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishabhorrently
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