abjectly

Examples

• All

• "What matters to you?" He looked up abjectly from his chrome-armed desk chair.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Rational decision-making requires a solid grasp of science, engineering, and economics, and the global warming alarmists have abjectly failed in all these fields.

  Blog text (16)

• The West Indian looked, if possible, even more abjectly miserable.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Given how many men abjectly fail at that idea, one wonders why men are allowed in public without supervision.

  Blog text (10)

• And so now I've created a meeting within this place that is abjectly horrible.

• She's curled on her side, weeping abjectly.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Every nation (including us) that has tried to defy the WTO has failed and surrendered abjectly.

  Blog text (15)

• Sally sits at a sewing machine, abjectly stitching Jack's Santa Claus suit.

  Fiction book (1993)

• The United States insisted on using NATO to drive out Slobodan Milosevic—mindful of how U.N. troops had abjectly failed to stop earlier atrocities in Bosnia—but ultimately acted under the U.N. flag.

  Academic text (2000)

• He looked at her abjectly, hoping for forgiveness.

Synonyms

H

hopelessly

vsabjectly

60 3.7

In a way that shows no chance of success

adds a resigned, extremely humble acceptance rather than only hopelessness

H

humbly

vsabjectly

54 3.1

To act without showing pride or wanting praise

includes humility but also a sense of hopeless resignation and extreme meekness

M

miserably

vsabjectly

51 2.2

In a way that shows great unhappiness or pain

is more about passive acceptance and humility rather than general misery

P

pitifully

vsabjectly

6 3.3

In a way that makes people feel sorry for someone or something

stresses a submissive, hopeless acceptance combined with extreme humility

R

resignedly

vsabjectly

1 7.7

To accept something unpleasant without protest

adds a stronger sense of hopelessness and very humble attitude to that acceptance

D

despairingly

vsabjectly

1 6.1

In a way that shows no hope

is more about accepting fate with extreme humility than pure despair

D

despondently

vsabjectly

1 7.3

In a sad, hopeless way that shows you have lost hope

leans more toward humble acceptance and resignation than mere discouragement

D

disconsolately

vsabjectly

• Literature

1 8.5

In a very sad way that shows no comfort or hope

focuses more on quiet acceptance and extreme humility than on sorrow alone

P

piteously

vsabjectly

• Literature

1 7.1

In a sad way that makes people feel sorry

places more emphasis on resigned humility and hopelessness rather than evoking pity

D

dispiritedly

vsabjectly

1 7.4

In a sad way that shows no hope

carries stronger elements of resignation and marked humility than simple discouragement

A

ashamedly

vsabjectly

1 6.8

In a way that shows you feel shame

combines shame with resigned hopelessness and unusually strong humility

A

abashedly

vsabjectly

8.1

In a way that shows someone is embarrassed

is about complete meek acceptance and hopelessness rather than simple shame

Antonyms

C

confidently

36 2.9

In a way that shows a person is sure and not afraid

How Submissive

abjectly

• Formal

2 8.1

submissively

1 5.3

resignedly

1 7.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology