adv
Meaning 1
In a monstrous manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
monstrously
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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: grotesquely
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
in a terribly evil manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the child was heinously murdered
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: heinously
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
in a hideous manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- her face was hideously disfigured after the accident
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hideously, horridly
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English monstrous Middle English -ly English -ly English monstrously From monstrous + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: monstruosament — in a monstrous manner
- Finnish: hirviömäisesti — in a monstrous manner
- Polish: potwornie — in a monstrous manner
- Spanish: monstruosamente — in a monstrous manner