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I have always known him to be detestable, but until recently I thought that he was also detestably and invariably in the right—or, anyhow, that he could not be proved in the wrong.

From Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings by Macaulay, Rose, Dame

We could not conceive how men should make up their minds to inhabit a detestably ugly country like this, sterile, waterless, remote from any other inhabited place, and desolated by the constant inroad of brigands. 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] by Huc, Evariste Regis

Besides their inherent unsuitability the premises were detestably insanitary and the floor space overcrowded to its utmost capacity.

From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 by Baerlein, Henry

Law ought to always place us where we are in fact, otherwise it is detestably unjust.

From The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 10. October, 1880 by Walker, Aaron

Anxious to retrieve my reputation, for I was detestably conceited about my art, I started off for a long, speedy swim, displaying my best racing stroke.

From Tell England A Study in a Generation by Raymond, Ernest