“I have been telling Maud how detestably she is got up.”. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Silas] Reference
Courtesy forbids my refusal; but I find it detestably bitter. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
These imps are said to be kept in pots or other vessels that stink detestably. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
I spat out, and affirmed it tasted detestably — I would not take it on any account. From Wordnik.com. [Wuthering Heights] Reference
Laughably inept; detestably despicable: ladies and gentlemen … the President of the United States!. From Wordnik.com. [Remember Honduras? Obama does, and he hasn’t given up trying to destabilize the country] Reference
All of you that take the time to be so pompous and detestably smug about this and the like are inept. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Ted Haggard on homosexuality:] Reference
And here my friend the painter declared, that he put on a most detestably affected grin of amiability. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844] Reference
Matters must not be carried the length of absurdity; besides, this Abbe Brice always smells detestably of snuff. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
'The Fonda Genovesa was certainly one of the vilest establishments I ever visited, and the dinner was, of course, detestably bad. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy] Reference
Nor was it regarded as a sign of moral collapse anymore, save in circles Julia herself found detestably intolerant and sanctimonious. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
'I have been telling Maud how detestably she is got up.'. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh] Reference
You people are absolutely, ridiculously, detestably insane. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Political Ticker] Reference
It's better for UMNO to lose honourably than to win detestably. From Wordnik.com. [SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator] Reference
His highly-polished boots creaked detestably whenever he moved. From Wordnik.com. [The New Magdalen] Reference
Spanish, Moorish, and Lingua Franca, most detestably out of tune. From Wordnik.com. [Peveril of the Peak] Reference
She was detestably vain, common and selfish; he would be on his guard. From Wordnik.com. [Elder Conklin and Other Stories] Reference
Near them was the detestably picturesque castle perched upon a bracket. From Wordnik.com. [Tommy and Grizel] Reference
Their language seemed to me detestably harsh, and their gestures unmeaning. From Wordnik.com. [At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe] Reference
I spat out, and affirmed it tasted detestably -- I would not take it on any account. From Wordnik.com. [Wuthering Heights] Reference
Yes, there was no doubt she was a clever woman -- unpardonably and detestably clever. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth's Campaign] Reference
He may do well in such a business; he will do detestably ill as a clerk in my office. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1] Reference
Democratic peace theory, detestably warm and fuzzy as it might be, empirically holds true. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
But when he looked at the instructresses the Commissary smiled as detestably as the sergeant. From Wordnik.com. [The Created Legend] Reference
"And when I play detestably, you will say so, and not smooth it over with unmeaning flatteries?". From Wordnik.com. [Tales from Two Hemispheres] Reference
"They never shall again, I swear," said Walter, frowning, as he thought how detestably cruel they had been. From Wordnik.com. [St. Winifred's, or The World of School] Reference
Had he played detestably false, having by some means, at the height of his passion, communicated with the girl?. From Wordnik.com. [Thyrza] Reference
Prussia "at the proper time," has left on record his judgment that the hour then selected was "detestably ill-chosen.". From Wordnik.com. [Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4] Reference
For her sake, I sold a mill and two fields of corn, and I composed in her honour three books full of detestably bad verses. From Wordnik.com. [Thais] Reference
Besides their inherent unsuitability the premises were detestably insanitary and the floor space overcrowded to its utmost capacity. From Wordnik.com. [The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1] Reference
He was detestably poor, and this was the reason, no doubt, that his expletive expressions about betting, seldom took a pecuniary turn. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5] Reference
"I suppose, by the poor, you mean the pampered, ill-mannered and detestably conceited County Council children," Lilian Rosenberg chimed in. From Wordnik.com. [The Sorcery Club] Reference
She is only coming to gloat over my bedraggled and flowerless borders and to sing the praises of her own detestably over-cultivated garden. From Wordnik.com. [The Toys of Peace, and other papers] Reference
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