All 3 Uses of
abject
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- This was not because he was cowardly and abject, quite the contrary; but for some time past he had been in an overstrained irritable condition, verging on hypochondria.†
Chpt 1.1 *abject = extreme
- The abjectness!†
Chpt 3.6abjectness = extremeness of something negative -- perhaps implying extreme hopelessness, misery, shame, or desperation
- He is the most depraved, and abjectly vicious specimen of that class of men.†
Chpt 4.2abjectly = in an extremely negative manner -- often implying extreme hopelessness, misery, shame, or desperation
Definition:
extreme (in a negative sense such as misery, hopelessness, submissiveness, cruelty, or cowardice)