Meanings
comparative more repulsively · superlative most repulsively
- In a repulsive manner.
I was walking up and down, putting her to sleep one evening, when I found myself treading on something most repulsively soft; and as I did so, the reptile uncoiled itself and quietly glided off the verandah.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 174
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin an offensive and hateful manner
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