abjectly

adv

Etymology: From Middle English abjectli (“with great humility”), from abject (“outcast, rejected; wretched; humble, lowly; of poor quality, worthless; menial”) + -li (suffix forming adverbs); analysable as abject + -ly.

1. In an abject fashion; with great shame; desperately.

   “I abjectly apologise for the damage I have done.”

   “A deceitful man is a wolf in sheep's clothing. He will appear innocent, cheerful, polite, attentive, kind, obliging, and abjectly condescending; but let him once get you into his power and he becomes more ferocious, more cruel, and more destructive than the most savage animals that ever trod in deserts uninhabited by rational beings.”

2. Intensely; to the utmost extreme.

   “Never ask a man his opinion of a woman's dress when he is desperately and abjectly in love with the wearer.”