detestable
adjective
deserving to be detested; abominable; hateful.
detestably
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a word derived from
detestable.
Example Sentences
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“They never shall again, I swear,” said Walter, frowning, as he thought how detestably cruel they had been.
From St. Winifred's, or The World of School by H. C. (Harold C.) Earnshaw
How endless it was, and how complete was the failure to incorporate his father in a life which his advent had so detestably disturbed!
From Plashers Mead A Novel by Compton MacKenzie
Yet never could a girl who had done such horrible, such detestably deceitful and vulgar things, have been treated so gently by her family.
From The Pastor's Wife by Elizabeth von Arnim
Whenever I come back after seeing it this place seems detestably new, as if it were just varnished!
From Katrine by Elinor Macartney Lane
Tiresome little girl friends came to tea sometimes and altered Michael's arrangements; and when they came they used to giggle in corners and Stella used to show off detestably.
From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by Compton MacKenzie
