The phrase "abysmally high" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is extremely high, often in a negative context, such as prices, expectations, or standards.
Example: "The costs of living in the city have become abysmally high, making it difficult for many residents to afford housing."
Alternatives: "excessively high" or "outrageously high".
In the long run, however, it failed abysmally — and at a very high cost.
And, where we are failing abysmally is in the very high rate of recidivism we see.
What a shame, when even an abysmally failed state like Somalia scores higher in this regard than the epicenter of one of the world's greatest religions which espoused equality in men and women over a millennium and a half earlier.
Few of his successors at Justice have come close to that high standard, and several have fallen abysmally short.
Against this admittedly very high standard, the country's performance in the 1990's began abysmally, and improved only slowly.
"We go through periods when Congress is less popular than other times, but Congressional approval ratings right now are so abysmally bad, so unbelievably bad, it has to rub off on members seeking higher office".
To the Editor: To me, a progressive consumption surtax on high levels of spending looks good all around: it would shore up the abysmally low national savings rate and cause government revenue to grow.
The graduation rate at 26percentt is abysmally low, and the median salary of students after attending is $24,900 – less than most high school graduates make.
His effort to cure the patient by subjecting it to the equivalent of leeching big cuts in government spending and higher taxes a return to pre-Keynesian policies watched closely the world over, failed abysmally.
For decades western European countries have enacted high minimum wages, one reason that their private-sector job creation before the economic crisis abysmally lagged that of the U.S.
