abysmally

adverb

Definition of abysmallynext
as in horribly

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Recent Examples of abysmally In practice, this meant that the state set abysmally low standards for what students should learn to advance and graduate. — Rachel Canter, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026 Reports on abysmally low rates of recycling for milk cartons and polystyrene had been widely shared even before that. — Susanne Rust follow, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026 Despite the robotic-like confidence coming from the Kremlin’s top policymakers and propagandists, the Russian army’s territorial gains over the last year have been abysmally small. — Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026 Four months after his death, a handful of late 1960s recordings Marley and the Wailers cut for American soul singer Johnny Nash and his business partner, Danny Sims, were rushed out on a slapdash compilation, abysmally titled Chances Are–the first cash-in of many to come. — Eric Harvey, Pitchfork, 18 Jan. 2026 The attrition rate was abysmally high. — Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025 Confidence in the media is abysmally low, a finding confirmed regularly by many pollsters asking many different questions. — Karlyn Bowman, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abysmally
  1. horribly
  2. terribly
  3. dreadfully
  4. poorly
  5. atrociously
  6. awfully
  7. disastrously
  8. horrendously
Adverb
  • Rather than heroic, these costly and horribly uncertain stunts come across callous and cruel.
    — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
  • When their plan goes horribly awry, the couple is parted once again.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of horribly
Adverb
  • You’re born in a place where women are treated terribly, or journalists are imprisoned, and those people need some luck.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
  • But things went terribly wrong while giving birth to her daughter.
    — Michael Collins, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of terribly
Adverb
  • Although Yamaha has been dreadfully slow about bringing its motorcycles to India, the R2 made its global debut there this week.
    — Yamaha, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Made from 100 percent cotton, this lightweight number is extremely soft and a great option for dreadfully hot days.
    — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of dreadfully
Adverb
  • If Michigan plays poorly against the Sooners, the boos that rang out during Whittingham’s first game will get even louder.
    — Austin Meek, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • With only two publicly demonstrated ready-to-fire missiles, a vehicle like this would be poorly suited to independently handle a large drone swarm.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of poorly
Adverb
  • That pattern stayed broadly consistent last season, when Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur’s goalkeepers performed badly, but not atrociously.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of atrociously
Adverb
  • One game later, a UMass team that hadn’t won in 16 tries made that improvement awfully hard to find.
    — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Heading into it, Randy was awfully confident in his chances to take home the trophy.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of awfully
Adverb
  • In Omelet from the Other Side, ten-year-old Florence Fortescue’s life is disastrously upended when her parents move the family from an exciting city apartment to a boring farmhouse in the country.
    — Caroline Carlson, Literary Hub, 1 Sep. 2026
  • However, enforcement – both statewide and nationally – is disastrously underresourced.
    — David Michaels, The Conversation, 18 June 2026
Definition of disastrously
Adverb
  • The less said about Bryan’s horrendously gauche fuchsia-and-gold dress with puffy armholes and halter neck the better.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 July 2026
  • Too little regulation could allow the unleashing of devilish AI that might wipe us out or at least be horrendously destructive.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of horrendously

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