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Abysmally Moderate

Abysmally has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adverb

Definitions
Adverb
1

in a terrible manner

"she sings terribly"

2

Very; incredibly; profoundly; to an extreme degree; dreadfully.

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Origin

This word comes from the adjective abysmal, which itself derives from the Latin word abyssus meaning "bottomless depth." Adding the suffix -ly creates an adverb describing something to an extreme or bottomless degree.

Rhyming Words
lly ally illy elly olly tilly felly cilly colly dilly nelly gelly pilly dally pelly lally gally jilly mally celly
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