abject
- utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched: abject poverty.
- contemptible; despicable; base-spirited: an abject coward.
- shamelessly servile; slavish.
- Obsolete. cast aside.
Origin of abject
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apologetically, meanly, subserviently, obscurely, poorly, simply, abjectly, submissively, obediently, dutifully, slavishly, sycophanticallyExamples from the Web for abjectly
Contemporary Examples of abjectly
“All it is public humiliation of these abjectly poor people, as well as criminalization,” Cowan says.
Historical Examples of abjectly
They stood knee-deep in the clutter and lumber, facing each other abjectly.
The Gentleman From IndianaBooth Tarkington
I never saw a man so abjectly sorry for anything in my life.
The Stark Munro LettersJ. Stark Munro
The man had insulted him grossly, and had apologised as abjectly; that was his view of the incident.
The Wild GeeseStanley John Weyman
She was frightened—hideously, abjectly, miserably frightened.
A Bride of the PlainsBaroness Emmuska Orczy
So they're as abjectly subject to The Master as their slaves are to them.
abject
- utterly wretched or hopeless
- miserable; forlorn; dejected
- indicating humiliation; submissivean abject apology
- contemptible; despicable; servilean abject liar
Word Origin for abject
Word Origin and History for abjectly
abject
early 15c., "cast off, rejected," from Latin abiectus, past participle of abicere "to throw away, cast off; degrade, humble, lower," from ab- "away, off" (see ab-) + iacere "to throw" (past participle iactus; see jet (v.)). Figurative sense of "downcast, brought low" first attested 1510s. Related: Abjectly; abjectness.