adverb
- in a way that is extremely annoying, frustrating, or unpleasant; infuriatingly
- in a way that deserves condemnation or is morally reprehensible
Usage: informal; emphatic
Usage: formal; archaic
Examples
- The traffic was damnably slow this morning.
- He was damnably rude to the waiter.
- It's damnably difficult to find a parking spot downtown.
- The system is damnably inefficient.
- She spoke in a damnably condescending tone.
- The weather has been damnably cold all week.