adv
Meaning 1
In a grotesque manner; disgustingly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
grotesquely
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adverb
Meaning 2
in a grotesque manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- behind the house lay two nude figures grotesquely bald, with deliberate knife-slashes marking their bodies
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: monstrously
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek κρύπτω (krúptō) Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ)bor. Latin crypta Italian grotta Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Vulgar Latin -iscus Italian -esco Italian grottescobor. Middle French grotesquebor. English grotesque Middle English -ly English -ly English grotesquely From grotesque + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: grotescament — in a grotesque manner
- Esperanto: groteske — in a grotesque manner
- Finnish: groteskisti — in a grotesque manner
- Finnish: irvokkaasti — in a grotesque manner
- Italian: grottescamente — in a grotesque manner
- Portuguese: grotescamente — in a grotesque manner
- Spanish: grotescamente — in a grotesque manner
- Swedish: groteskt — in a grotesque manner