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MONSTROUSLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a grotesque manner

Example:

behind the house lay two nude figures grotesquely bald, with deliberate knife-slashes marking their bodies

Synonyms:

grotesquely; monstrously

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

monstrous (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a terribly evil manner

Example:

the child was heinously murdered

Synonyms:

heinously; monstrously

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

monstrous (shockingly brutal or cruel)

Sense 3

Meaning:

In a hideous manner

Example:

her face was hideously disfigured after the accident

Synonyms:

hideously; horridly; monstrously

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

monstrous (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous)

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