If you describe....as....you think ...
abysmal
abysmal
If you describe a situation or the condition of something as abysmal, you think that it is very bad or poor in quality.
Our abysmal record at producing scientifically trained and numerate manpower will cripple us.
The general standard of racing was abysmal.
ADJ-GRADED
= dismal
?abysmally
The group for the most part found the standard of education abysmally low.
As the chart shows, it has failed abysmally.
ADV-GRADED: ADV adj, ADV after v
= dismally
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