damnably
Britishadverb
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in a detestable manner
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(intensifier)
it was damnably unfair
Example Sentences
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But the real curse of “the Scottish play” is that it’s damnably difficult to pull off onstage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2025
Few who chat with him for more than a minute or two avoid a passionate lecture about how this composer’s scores remain underrated for their sophistication: messily conducted, vulgarly sung and damnably staged.
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2022
After a particularly bruising period of campaign hyperbole and cutthroat competition, “City Hall” reminds us of what it’s all been about: the difficult, demanding, damnably imperfect work of governing.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2020
When things go wrong, though, it's often damnably hard to figure out precisely what happened.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 29, 2017
I was nonplussed, and I blurted out that I was astounded that he could not see himself how damnably false this story was.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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