abjectly

Variant of abject

adjective

  1. of the lowest degree; miserable; wretched: abject poverty
  2. lacking self-respect; degraded: an abject coward

Origin: ME < L abjectus, pp. of abjicere, to throw away < ab-, from + jacere, to throw: see jet

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