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Definition of "detestably" [de•test•a•bly]

  • In a detestable manner. (adverb)

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Use "detestably" in a sentence
  • "During a discussion in Queens, a working-class neighborhood if ever there was one, rightfully pissed-off average people pelted Dudley with questions about the ways in which the detestably prevalent practice of commodities speculation had driven up the prices of all sorts of things that actually have a real-world impact on people: food, gas, electricity, etc."
  • "Laughably inept; detestably despicable: ladies and gentlemen … the President of the United States!"
  • "To suggest that critical gender studies is correcting an imbalance in favour of women is either shockingly ignorant or detestably insulting."