grislily

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adverb

In a grisly manner.

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Meanings

adverbgrislily (comparative more grislily, superlative most grislily)

comparative more grislily · superlative most grislily

  1. In a grisly manner.

    On the other hand no number of readings of Œdipus can diminish the horror of the dénouement; and at the fiftieth performance of Die Götterdämmerung our flesh creeps as grislily at the entrance of Siegfried in the guise of Gunther as it did at first.

    1919, Ernest Newman, A Musical Motley, page 151

Origin

From grisly + -ly.

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APA

grislily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grislily

MLA

“grislily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grislily. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grislily,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grislily.

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