abjectly
/æbˈd͡ʒɛktli/
"abjectly" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“abjectly” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In an abject fashion; with great shame; desperately.
Corpus desk
Index EN-abjectly · abjectly · English
abjectly · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abjectly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /æbˈd͡ʒɛktli/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “abjectly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
abjectly is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed /æbˈd͡ʒɛktli/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for abjectly in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: 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. The correct English form is abjectly, spelled A-B-J-E-C-T-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In an abject fashion; with great shame; desperately.
- 2Intensely; to the utmost extreme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abjectly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.