Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adv. To a fathomless depth; profoundly.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Unfathomably.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adv. in a terrible manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Its search strategies remain abysmally despite billions of wasted dollars; it lost the email leadership because of greed based execution (when it started to charge customers) and lack of foresight.
Microsoft President on Micro-Hoo: We Can Do It - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
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It stands to logic, then, that correcting the problem when it fails abysmally is just about the most uncapitalistic thing that could happen.
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But criticizing someone when they behave abysmally is not hatred.
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It is important to remember how the war was launched, and for what reasons; additionally, it is important to remember how the occupation was managed by the Republicans over the past five years (does the word abysmally mean anything).
McCain Keeps Up Attack on Obama’s War Stance - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
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According to the 2009 World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap report, Japan ranked 101 out of 134 countries, called abysmally low by women's groups considering it is the world's second largest economy.
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In many cases (i.e. Wal-Mart), the government uses taxpayer dollars to compensate for abysmally low wages (i.e. uninsured healthcare expenses).
Friedman on the Battle of Ideas, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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Which means that the U.S. and other governments around the world have failed abysmally to consider the plight of civilians in far off conflict zones, UN sanctions enforcement, or upholding international law as vital enough to its own interests to address the horrific problem of unchecked arms traffickers.
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If anything, I think Wiley Miller's satirical strip didn't go nearly far enough to make the point: Eyewitnesses the bunny, in this case are abysmally inaccurate in identifying perpetrators who look different from themselves.
David Protess: Comic Strip Censored for Honest Depiction of Race in Police Line-Ups
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In the US, not only are standards abysmally low, but the tests used to examine students' mastery of the standards are often poorly designed and unrelated to the content taught in school.
C. M. Rubin: The Global Search for Education: Block Building
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How is it possible to sack people who fail abysmally at their jobs when the bar is so low for the crucial job of being a parent.
Government guidance on children and alcohol will make things worse
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