Modifies a noun

• night: Shame the girls gave us such an execrable night.

• taste: With execrable taste, he said: " Look here, old man, we are too old for this game.

• piece: Before we start I must apologize for not starting this article with a truly execrable piece of fiction.

Modifying Another Word

• truly: Before we start I must apologize for not starting this article with a truly execrable piece of fiction.

• absolutely: Now this may have been tongue-in-cheek, although I do not think so, but I find it absolutely execrable.