damnably

Examples of damnably in a sentence

• But I am blabbing damnably; come, tell me one little bit of the story, and I shall tell you the rest.1826, Allan Cunningham, chapter V, in Paul Jones, volume II, Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, page 145:
• By the way: my dressing-gown smells most damnably of benzine.1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company...
• The young man was so damnably full of his experiences, so eager to compare one thing with another, so insistent upon foreign places and changes in England and what we'd all got to do about it.1918, Hugh Walpole, The Green Mirror, New York: George H. Doran, Book I, Chapter VI, p. 109:
• And in his male spirit he felt himself hating her: hating her deeply, damnably.1918–1921 (date written), D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter XVIII, in Aaron’s Rod, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Seltzer, published April 1922...

Forms of damnably

Origin of damnably

From Middle English dampnablely; equivalent to damnable + -ly.

Questions about damnably

What does damnably mean?

Damnably means in a damnable manner.

How do you use damnably in a sentence?

But I am blabbing damnably; come, tell me one little bit of the story, and I shall tell you the rest.

What part of speech is damnably?

Damnably is an adverb.

How do you pronounce damnably?

Damnably is pronounced /ˈdæmnəbli/.