MONSTROUSLY
grotesquely, monstrously
(adverb) in a grotesque manner; “behind the house lay two nude figures grotesquely bald, with deliberate knife-slashes marking their bodies”
heinously, monstrously
(adverb) in a terribly evil manner; “the child was heinously murdered”
hideously, horridly, monstrously
(adverb) in a hideous manner; “her face was hideously disfigured after the accident”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
monstrously (comparative more monstrously, superlative most monstrously)
In a monstrous manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Mon"strous*ly, adv.
Definition: In a monstrous manner; unnaturally; extraordinarily; as, monstrously wicked. "Who with his wife is monstrously in love." Dryden.
MONSTROUS
Mon"strous, a. Etym: [OE. monstruous, F. monstrueux, fr. L. monstruosus, fr. monstrum. See Monster.]
1. Marvelous; strange. [Obs.]
2. Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth. Locke. He, therefore, that refuses to do good to them whom he is bound to love ... is unnatural and monstrous in his affections. Jer. Taylor.
3. Extraordinary in a way to excite wonder, dislike, apprehension, etc.; -- said of size, appearance, color, sound, etc.; as, a monstrous height; a monstrous ox; a monstrous story.
4. Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful. So bad a death argues a monstrous life. Shak.
5. Abounding in monsters. [R.] Where thou, perhaps, under the whelming tide Visitest the bottom of the monstrous world. Milton.
Mon"strous, adv.
Definition: Exceedingly; very; very much. "A monstrous thick oil on the top." Bacon. And will be monstrous witty on the poor. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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