— abjectly , adv. — abjectness, abjectedness , n.
/ab"jekt, ab jekt"/ , adj.
1. utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched: abject poverty.
2. contemptible; despicable; base-spirited: an abject coward.
3. shamelessly servile; slavish.
4. Obs. cast aside.
[ 1400-50; late ME abjectus thrown down (ptp. of abicere, abjicere ), equiv. to ab- AB + -jec- throw + -tus ptp. suffix ]
Syn. 1. debasing, degrading; miserable. 2. base, mean, low, vile.
Ant . exalted.