Hideously

//ˈhɪd.i.əs.li// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a hideous manner.
  2. 2
    To an extreme degree.

    "Speaking now as a condemned criminal might speak ere the drop-bolts are drawn, my story, wild and hideously improbable as it may appear, demands at least attention."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a hideous manner wordnet

Synonyms

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appallinglyawfullybanefullydirelydreadfullyforbiddingly

Example

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"Speaking now as a condemned criminal might speak ere the drop-bolts are drawn, my story, wild and hideously improbable as it may appear, demands at least attention."

Etymology

From Middle English hidously; equivalent to hideous + -ly.

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