hideously
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English
Etymology
From Middle English hidously; equivalent to hideous + -ly.
Pronunciation
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Adverb
hideously (comparative more hideously, superlative most hideously)
- In a hideous manner.
- (degree) To an extreme degree.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Phantom Rickshaw”, in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co., page 9:
- 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.
- 1994 February 20, Anne Groer, “Sunday Travel: Tips”, in The Washington Post:
- Pack a larger-than-normal hypochondria kit that includes sunscreen, plastic bandages and allergy pills. Such things are hard to find or hideously expensive.