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monstrously

monst·rously

uncommon

adverb

1.

in a hideous manner

  • “her face was hideously disfigured after the accident”
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2.

in a terribly evil manner

  • “the child was heinously murdered”
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3.

in a grotesque manner

  • “behind the house lay two nude figures grotesquely bald, with deliberate knife-slashes marking their bodies”
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Origin

From monstrous + -ly.

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