grotesquely

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adverb

In a grotesque manner; disgustingly.

UncommonScrabble 24

Meanings

adverbgrotesquely (comparative more grotesquely, superlative most grotesquely)

comparative more grotesquely · superlative most grotesquely

  1. In a grotesque manner; disgustingly.

    Till the grotesquely angry scene was interrupted by the arrival of Mina, who came asking for Andrew.

    1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 209
    2 more examples

    Anything more appalling than this jumbled mass of the remains of a departed race I cannot imagine, and what made it even more dreadful was that in this dry air a considerable number of the bodies had simply become desiccated with the skin still on them, and now, fixed in every conceivable position, stared at us out of the mountain of white bones, grotesquely horrible caricatures of humanity.

    1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

    Slowly, the grotesquely large lady made her way up the steps, the ladder creaking under her considerable weight.

    2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbin a grotesque manner

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκρύπτω (krúptō)
  2. Ancient Greekκρυπτή (kruptḗ)
  3. Latincrypta
  4. Italiangrotta
  5. Italiangrottesco
  6. Middle Frenchgrotesque
  7. Englishgrotesque
  8. Englishgrotesquely

From grotesque + -ly.

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Translations

Catalan grotescament
  • grotescamentin a grotesque manner
Esperanto groteske
  • groteskein a grotesque manner
Finnish groteskisti, irvokkaasti
  • groteskistiin a grotesque manner
  • irvokkaastiin a grotesque manner
Italian grottescamente
  • grottescamentein a grotesque manner
Portuguese grotescamente
  • grotescamentein a grotesque manner
Spanish grotescamente
  • grotescamentein a grotesque manner
Swedish groteskt
  • grotesktin a grotesque manner
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