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REPULSIVELY
detestably, repulsively, abominably, odiously
(adverb) in an offensive and hateful manner; “I don’t know anyone who could have behaved so abominably”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
repulsively (comparative more repulsively, superlative most repulsively)
In a repulsive manner.
Anagrams
• prelusively
Source: Wiktionary
REPULSIVE
Re*pul"sive (-sv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. répulsif.]
1. Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force. Repulsive of his might the weapon stood. Pope.
2. Cold; forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners.
– Re*pul"sive*ly, adv.
– Re*pul"sive*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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