All 3 Uses

abject
in
Great Expectations
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That abject hypocrite, Pumblechook, nodded again, and said, with a patronizing laugh, "It's more than that, Mum.†
p. 109.3

abject = extreme
When Herbert came, we went and had lunch at a celebrated house which I then quite venerated, but now believe to have been the most abject superstition in Europe, and where I could not help noticing, even then, that there was much more gravy on the tablecloths and knives and waiters' clothes, than in the steaks.†
p. 194.7
In this progress I was much annoyed by the abject Pumblechook, who, being behind me, persisted all the way as a delicate attention in arranging my streaming hatband, and smoothing my cloak.
p. 299.3 *

abject = extremely submissive

Definitions:

(1) (abject)
extreme (in a negative sense such as misery, hopelessness, submissiveness, cruelty, or cowardice)
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)