adv. [f. ABJECT a. + -LY2.] In an abject, mean or degrading manner; basely.
1588. Shaks., Tit. And., II. iii. 4. Him that thinks of me so abiectly.
1622. Fotherby, Atheomastix, II. xi. § 6. 324. No man can be so abiectly minded, but he must needs know God to be the Governour of all things.
1851. Helps, Friends in Council, I. 28. We must not abjectly bow down before rules and usages.
1859. De Quincey, Caesars, Wks. X. 24. No mob could be more abjectly servile than was that of Rome.
