abhorrently

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US/æbˈhɔɹ.ənt.li/US/æbˈhɑɹ.ənt.li/

adverb

In a manner, or to a degree, that is abhorrent; with abhorrence.

First used Early 19ᵗʰ century.Scrabble 19

Meanings

adverbabhorrently (comparative more abhorrently, superlative most abhorrently)

comparative more abhorrently · superlative most abhorrently

  1. 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

  1. Englishabhorrent
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishabhorrently

From abhorrent + -ly.

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