abominably
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The decision by Ms Atkins not to run comes days after she was told she had behaved "abominably" during a debate in the commons.
From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024
He treats his troops abominably, whether he’s deserting them in Egypt, condemning them to a death march through a Russian winter or sending them into the hopeless onslaught of Waterloo.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2023
He treats Hastings abominably, taking delight in constantly scoring points against mere mortals.
From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2022
Up to and including its cheap shock ending, “The Lie” invests all its meager stock in the facile, simple-minded idea that depicting banal, outwardly genteel people behaving abominably sheds a profound light on human nature.
From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2020
“She is abominably rude to keep Charlotte out of doors in all this wind. Why does she not come in?”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
Vocabulary lists containing abominably
"The Odyssey," Vocabulary from Part 1 of the epic poem
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2015 National Spelling Bee Words
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Vocabulary from "Crime and Punishment" Part V, Chapters I-III
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