abominably
/əˈbɒmnəbli
/adverb
1Very unpleasantly or unfairly: he had treated her abominably...
- She said: ‘We have a rail station at Malton that fails abominably.’
- He said: ‘It was a very regrettable and something for which he wishes to apologise to the court and to the security staff who were treated abominably by him.’
- The press has behaved so abominably towards Michael.
Synonyms
reprehensibly, badly, dreadfully, appallingly, brutally, abysmally, nauseatingly, horridly, nastily;
atrociously, horrifyingly, execrably, foully, vilely, wretchedly, miserably, horribly, awfully;
disagreeably, unpleasantly, distastefully;
hatefully, loathsomely, detestably, odiously;
despicably, contemptibly, damnably, diabolically, disgustingly, revoltingly, repellently, repulsively, repugnantly, abhorrently
informal terribly, shockingly
1.1Very badly: his head hurt abominably [as submodifier]: restaurants with abominably bad service it is abominably rude of her to call so early...
- Ambrose, thought I to myself, my devout Ambrose is either at church, or abominably lazy this morning.
- Across the board, scientific knowledge in America is at an abominably low level.
- I reserve the right to behave abominably on occasion.