I don't know anyone who could have behaved so abominably. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : an abominable crime. ,The weather was abominable last week. ,They have abominable taste in clothes. From Dictionary.com.
'You pronounce my name abominably,' said the captain, dropping his sword's point. From Wordnik.com. [Vittoria — Complete] Reference
Thabo Mbeki, had behaved "abominably", Ellis said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"Sarah is doing your hair abominably!" she exclaims. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
He was hot and sticky and sandy and abominably harassed. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortieth Door] Reference
"They are so useful, so abominably enduring," he thought. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest Builder] Reference
Talking of Lady Ashton, how abominably she behaves to you. From Wordnik.com. [Isabel Leicester A Romance by Maude Alma] Reference
After days and nights of walking, his legs ached abominably. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
Ophelia, is most abominably parodied -- 'rudely strumpeted.'. From Wordnik.com. [Shakspere and Montaigne] Reference
He had married her for her money, and treated her abominably. From Wordnik.com. [The Crooked House] Reference
Our house is roomy and comfortable, though abominably furnished. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
And then when she tries to cheer up, you treat her so abominably!. From Wordnik.com. [Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls] Reference
He draws and sketches with tolerable skill, but paints abominably. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Grammar and Composition] Reference
"I speak English abominably," he said in fluent and accurate French. From Wordnik.com. [In Direst Peril] Reference
I'll be hanged if I don't think I've had an abominably hard time of it!. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Ice A Novel] Reference
"I was being abominably inattentive; I was thinking of something else.". From Wordnik.com. [The Splendid Folly] Reference
You know why she hates me, and understand why she treats me so abominably?. From Wordnik.com. [The Love Affairs of an Old Maid] Reference
The people are stout and very fair, with ruddy cheeks, but abominably dirty. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
'The fact is, sir,' I answered, 'this man has been most abominably insolent.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography] Reference
The walls had recently been whitewashed, but the little room stank abominably. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
That they stank so abominably they overcame whole armies just with their smell. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
And Mr. Bruce read the paper and sipped a cup of abominably made coffee serenely. From Wordnik.com. [An Australian Lassie] Reference
The right hand grasped the rifle, to my notion an abominably heavy awkward thing. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman Tenderfoot] Reference
I have been abominably extravagant, and she is not rich, and there are a lot of us. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Jolliffe's Boys] Reference
It has an abominably disgusting odour, and is therefore named the "lattice stinkhorn.". From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
It was cold, it was anxious, it seemed to drag interminably, and it was abominably lonely. From Wordnik.com. [Julia And Her Romeo: A Chronicle Of Castle Barfield From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray] Reference
It is, to be sure -- especially in the standard English translation -- abominably written. From Wordnik.com. [The Theory of the Theatre] Reference
That was one thing Tavia loathed -- they were so regular, so straight, so abominably correct. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dale's Camping Days] Reference
I know I have treated you abominably, but I was driven half mad by the thought that Bob was dead. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
I do want to learn how to do something to support myself, and stenography is so -- abominably dull. From Wordnik.com. [The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story] Reference
Yes, America has slighted, discriminated against and generally treated African-Americans abominably. From Wordnik.com. [Letters: The View From The Ex-Presidency] Reference
That was because it tears things up so abominably in an insurance office to get two or three days 'work slammed at you at once. From Wordnik.com. [White Ashes] Reference
But wait-that's not some guy selling car wax; it's Cher, the abominably rich mega-star, and she's flacking mail-order hair-care products. From Wordnik.com. [Cher And Cher Alike] Reference
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