adv. Also 6–7 abhominably. [f. ABOMINABLE + -LY2.]
1. So as to cause disgust and hatred; offensively, loathsomely; odiously.
a. 1520. Myrroure of Our Ladye, 194. They … ledde theyr lyues abhomynably in fylthe of flesshely luste.
1535. Coverdale, Wisd. xix. 12. They dealt so abhominably & churlishly with straungers.
1602. Shaks., Ham., III. ii. 39. I haue thought some of Natures Iouerney-men had made men, and not made them well, they imitated Humanity so abhominably.
1611. Bible, 1 Kings xxi. 26. And hee did very abominably in following Idoles.
1791. Burke, Reg. Peace, Wks. IX. 46. The Committee for foreign Affairs [Sansculottes] were such slovens, and stunk so abominably, that no Muscadin Ambassadour … could come within ten yards of them.
1881. Sala, Illustr. Lond. News, 19 Feb., 171. The abominably despotic government of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
2. loosely. Very badly, unpleasantly, or distastefully.
1643. Trevor, Lett., in Carte’s Collect. (1735), 259. The King wants armes and money abominably.
1743. Walpole, Lett. to H. Mann, 87 (1834), I. 303. My dear child she brags abominably.
1853. Kane, Grinnell Exped., i. 486 (1856). The abominably iterated accordions, with their kindred Jews-harps.
