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HORRIDLY
hideously, horridly, monstrously
(adverb) in a hideous manner; “her face was hideously disfigured after the accident”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
horridly (comparative more horridly, superlative most horridly)
In a horrid manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Hor"rid*ly, adv.
Definition: In a horrid manner. Shak.
HORRID
Hor"rid, a. Etym: [L. horridus. See Horror, and cf. Ordure.]
1. Rough; rugged; bristling. [Archaic] Horrid with fern, and intricate with thorn. Dryden.
2. Fitted to excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; hence, very offensive. Not in the legions Of horrid hell. Shak. The horrid things they say. Pope.
Syn.
– Frightful; hideous; alarming; shocking; dreadful; awful; terrific; horrible; abominable.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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