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Abjectly

//æbˈd͡ʒɛktli// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In an abject fashion; with great shame; desperately.

    "I abjectly apologise for the damage I have done."

  2. 2
    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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a hopeless resigned manner wordnet

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.

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