abominably

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abominably
Adverb
  • George has been in solitary confinement for long stretches of time and, by all accounts, has been horribly mistreated.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • George has been in solitary confinement for long stretches of time and, by all accounts, has been horribly mistreated.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • But in the interim, since the dragon’s demise, something has gone terribly wrong.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
  • When Ashton reacted terribly, well, he got pushed off that cliff.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • But not without some awfully tense moments getting there.
    Frank Rajkowski, Twin Cities, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The Matthew Knies, Auston Matthews and Matias Maccelli line was awfully quiet, save for a bad penalty by Knies and the nice empty-netter from Matthews.
    James Mirtle, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Democrats appallingly gamed the system early on by inserting their activists (rather than fair-minded community members) on the map-drawing panels.
    Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 12 Oct. 2025
  • But the rest of the movie is straight-faced, as though its story of two reckless sociopaths vying to destroy the world in their respective modes weren’t appallingly depressing.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Taking just the bare stats into consideration, Rooney's managerial career has been defined by a horrendously low win rate, but that is in addition to a spate of embarrassing off-field antics.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • But on opening night, the Charlotte Bobcats were a complete afterthought thanks to the alarmingly-youthful-seeming Rolling Stones.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Trent Grisham and Chisholm were alarmingly quiet.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Some even cross-reference leaked Salesforce data with information from previous breaches to build disturbingly complete profiles of their victims.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The son of an alcoholic named George and a religious zealot named Augusta, Gein was raised alongside his brother Henry in a disturbingly strict household.
    Andrew McGowan, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The €286m spent on players since 2022 has largely been spent badly and on other coaches.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Of course, the behavior didn't seem to hurt of of their careers too badly.
    Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
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