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单词 abysmally
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abysmallyadv.

Brit. /əˈbɪzml̩i/, /əˈbɪzməli/, U.S. /əˈbɪzməli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: abysmal adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < abysmal adj. + -ly suffix2.
At unfathomable depths; unfathomably, profoundly; (hence) appallingly.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adverb] > very deeply
unfathomably1695
fathomlessly1822
abysmally1869
1869 Proc. 17th Meeting Amer. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 259 The most precipitous profundal trough-lines or cold-water crests abysmally reflected.
1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such xviii. 314 The prejudiced, the puerile, the spiteful, and the abysmally ignorant.
1923 J. Agate in Sunday Times 9 Sept. 4/2 There is nothing quite so abysmally boring in the theatre as your author who has got no brow at all.
1962 A. MacLean Satan Bug v. 77 With respects, you are abysmally ignorant of the facts.
1995 Private Eye 20 Oct. 6/1 Tory party spin doctors have failed abysmally in their attempt.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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