Abjectly

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /abˈdÍ¡Ê’É›kt.li/, /ˈab.dÍ¡Ê’É›kt.li/
• US IPA: /æbˈdÍ¡Ê’É›kt.li/, /æbˈdÍ¡Ê’É›k.li/

Origin

abject + -ly. From Middle English.

Full definition of abjectly

Adverb

1. With great shame, desperately; in an abject fashion. First attested around 1350 to 1470.

1. I abjectly apologise for the damage I have done.
• 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-DickSo, 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;

Antonyms

• somewhat proudly

Related terms

• abject
• abjection
• abjectness