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execrably - 2 dictionary results

ex⋅e⋅cra⋅ble

  [ek-si-kruh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. utterly detestable; abominable; abhorrent.
2. very bad: an execrable stage performance.
Origin:
1350–1400 for earlier sense “expressing a curse”; 1480–90 for def. 1; ME < L ex(s)ecrābilis accursed, detestable. See execrate, -able

Related forms:
ex⋅e⋅cra⋅ble⋅ness, noun
ex⋅e⋅cra⋅bly, adverb
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ex·e·cra·ble   (ěk'sĭ-krə-bəl)   
adj.  
  1. Deserving of execration; hateful.
  2. Extremely inferior; very bad: an execrable meal.

[Middle English, from Latin execrābilis, from execrārī, exsecrārī, to execrate; see execrate.]
ex'e·cra·ble·ness n., ex'e·cra·bly adv.
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