abjectly

adv
/æbˈd͡ʒɛktli/UK/æbˈd͡ʒɛktli/US

Etymology

From Middle English abjectli (“with great humility”), from abject (“outcast, rejected; wretched; humble, lowly; of poor quality, worthless; menial”) + -li (suffix forming adverbs); analysable as abject + -ly.

  1. inherited from abjectli — “with great humility

Definitions

  1. In an abject fashion

    In an abject fashion; with great shame; desperately.

    • I abjectly apologise for the damage I have done.
  2. Intensely

    Intensely; to the utmost extreme.

    • Never ask a man his opinion of a woman's dress when he is desperately and abjectly in love with the wearer.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA