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abjectly

Syllables: ab·ject·lyUK/æbˈd͡ʒɛktli//æbˈd͡ʒɛktli/

abjectly adverb: in an abject fashion; with great shame; desperately.

Adverb

abjectly (comparative more abjectly, superlative most abjectly)

  1. In an abject fashion; with great shame; desperately.
    • I abjectly apologise for the damage I have done.
    • 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...1806, Thoughts on Deceit, Margate, Kent: Printed by J. Warren, […], →OCLC, pages 15–16
    Antonyms:
    proudly
  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.1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Hill of Illusion”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 85

abjectly meaning in Urdu

abjectly in Urdu

بَدحالی سے, خَستَہ حالی سے, بےچارگی سے, کَمینگی سے, رَذالَت سے, فرومائگی سے

Antonyms of abjectly

Forms of abjectly

comparativemore abjectly
superlativemost abjectly

Origin of abjectly

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.

Questions about abjectly

What does abjectly mean?
Abjectly means in an abject fashion; with great shame; desperately.
What is abjectly in Urdu?
Abjectly in Urdu is بَدحالی سے, خَستَہ حالی سے, بےچارگی سے. See Abjectly meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is abjectly?
Abjectly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce abjectly?
Abjectly is pronounced /æbˈd͡ʒɛktli/ (UK).

Words near abjectly in the dictionary

  1. abjectifying
  2. abjecting
  3. abjection
  4. abjections
  5. abjective
  6. abjectly
  7. abjectness
  8. abjectnesses
  9. abjects
  10. abjecture
  11. abjectures

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