Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Unfathomably.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb To a fathomless depth; profoundly.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a terrible manner
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Examples
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It stands to logic, then, that correcting the problem when it fails abysmally is just about the most uncapitalistic thing that could happen.
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But criticizing someone when they behave abysmally is not hatred.
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It stands to logic, then, that correcting the problem when it fails abysmally is just about the most uncapitalistic thing that could happen.
Corporate Welfare And The American Communist State « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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It stands to logic, then, that correcting the problem when it fails abysmally is just about the most uncapitalistic thing that could happen.
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Its search strategies remain abysmally despite billions of wasted dollars; it lost the email leadership because of greed based execution (when it started to charge customers) and lack of foresight.
Microsoft President on Micro-Hoo: We Can Do It - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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It is important to remember how the war was launched, and for what reasons; additionally, it is important to remember how the occupation was managed by the Republicans over the past five years (does the word abysmally mean anything).
McCain Keeps Up Attack on Obama’s War Stance - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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According to the 2009 World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap report, Japan ranked 101 out of 134 countries, called abysmally low by women's groups considering it is the world's second largest economy.
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In many cases (i.e. Wal-Mart), the government uses taxpayer dollars to compensate for abysmally low wages (i.e. uninsured healthcare expenses).
Friedman on the Battle of Ideas, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Which means that the U.S. and other governments around the world have failed abysmally to consider the plight of civilians in far off conflict zones, UN sanctions enforcement, or upholding international law as vital enough to its own interests to address the horrific problem of unchecked arms traffickers.
Kathi Lynn Austin: Tracking Bout Kathi Lynn Austin 2011
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Which means that the U.S. and other governments around the world have failed abysmally to consider the plight of civilians in far off conflict zones, UN sanctions enforcement, or upholding international law as vital enough to its own interests to address the horrific problem of unchecked arms traffickers.
Kathi Lynn Austin: Tracking Bout Kathi Lynn Austin 2011
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