detestable
adjective
deserving to be detested; abominable; hateful.
detestably
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a word derived from
detestable.
Example Sentences
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The latter sovereign is described as a detestably wicked person.
From Southern Spain by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Calvert
You'd be a detestably conceited popinjay if you did.
From A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs by George Cary Eggleston
“I’m not the only married man who sometimes forgets that he is no longer a bachelor,” he said detestably.
From The Phantom Lover by Ruby M. (Ruby Mildred) Ayres
This time the unknown was detestably brief, writing merely: “Miss Dean: “I hope you lose the game next Saturday.
From Marjorie Dean, High School Junior by Pauline Lester
Dicky Rosewarne, for all his good looks, was detestably cruel with his gins and snares and cunning pursuit of goldfinches and, worse, his fish-hooks baited for wild duck.
From Carnival by Compton MacKenzie
