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Webster 1913 Edition


Abhorrently

Ab-hor′rent-ly

,
adv.
With abhorrence.

Webster 1828 Edition


Abhorrently

ABHOR'RENTLY

,
adv.
With abhorrence.

Definition 2024


abhorrently

abhorrently

English

Adverb

abhorrently (comparative more abhorrently, superlative most abhorrently)

  1. In a manner, or to a degree, that is abhorrent; with abhorrence. [Early 19th century.][1]
    • 1982 June 1, Texas Monthly, volume 10, number 6, page 168:
      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.

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References

  1. Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 4