Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an execrable manner; detestably.
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- adverb In an
execrable way.
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Examples
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Aside from its derivative title, Five Weddings and a Felony is such a painfully boring and execrably self-serving exercise that it swiftly brings to mind the following lyric from Kander & Ebb's 1975 musical, Chicago : Give 'em the old razzle dazzle
George Heymont: Invasion of the Narcissists George Heymont 2011
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Unfortunately, that would not seem to be the case for those who felt compelled to add their own racist, loathsome, right-wing, intolerant and execrably ignorant comments after this CBC news item.
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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The present wave of Indophobia, starting with the hate-call campaigns against Indian call centers a few years ago and culminating in the execrably immoral devaluing of Indian lives in recent times, may be at least in some parts the result of an overcompensation for a sense of imperial loss.
Vamsee Juluri: Indophobia: The Real Elephant in the Living Room 2010
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The present wave of Indophobia, starting with the hate-call campaigns against Indian call centers a few years ago and culminating in the execrably immoral devaluing of Indian lives in recent times, may be at least in some parts the result of an overcompensation for a sense of imperial loss.
Indophobia: The Real Elephant in the Living Room Vamsee Juluri 2010
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The present wave of Indophobia, starting with the hate-call campaigns against Indian call centers a few years ago and culminating in the execrably immoral devaluing of Indian lives in recent times, may be at least in some parts the result of an overcompensation for a sense of imperial loss.
Vamsee Juluri: Indophobia: The Real Elephant in the Living Room Vamsee Juluri 2010
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The present wave of Indophobia, starting with the hate-call campaigns against Indian call centers a few years ago and culminating in the execrably immoral devaluing of Indian lives in recent times, may be at least in some parts the result of an overcompensation for a sense of imperial loss.
Vamsee Juluri: Indophobia: The Real Elephant in the Living Room 2010
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Free use of mobile phones instead of the execrably expensive and useless "Patientline" system?
David Cameron's NHS reforms may leave him feeling sick | Jackie Ashley 2010
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While the Huffington Post has some execrably bad aspects its embrace of woo in health, for example, it does have the occasional gem.
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While the Huffington Post has some execrably bad aspects its embrace of woo in health, for example, it does have the occasional gem.
Barrett Brown whacks Dembski on HuffPo - The Panda's Thumb 2009
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A bad week for the Beeb all round and a Poll tax for slabs of cooking programmes and execrably drab drama seems increasingly anachronistic.
Life Goes on Under Emperor Brown Newmania 2007
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