Abjectly

Quick meaning: Abjectly is an adverb meaning In an abject fashion; with great shame; desperately.

Meaning

In an abject fashion; with great shame; desperately.

More Meanings

1. Intensely; to the utmost extreme.

Example Sentences

I abjectly apologise for the damage I have done.

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

So, deprived of one leg, and the strange ship of course being altogether unsupplied with the kindly invention, Ahab now found himself abjectly reduced to a clumsy landsman again; hopelessly eyeing the uncertain changeful height he could hardly hope to attain.

A deceitful man is a wolf in sheep's clothing. He will appear innocent, cheerful, polite, attentive, kind, obliging, and abjectly condescending; but let him once get you into his power and he becomes more ferocious, more cruel, and more destructive than the most savage animals that ever trod in deserts uninhabited by rational beings.

Synonyms for abjectly

Depending on context, synonyms include resignedly.

Antonyms for abjectly

Common opposites include proudly.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include resignedly, abasedly, abashingly, abashedly, abasingly, appallingly.

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