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DISGUSTINGLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does disgustingly mean?
• DISGUSTINGLY (adverb)
The adverb DISGUSTINGLY has 1 sense:
1. in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree
Familiarity information: DISGUSTINGLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree
Synonyms:
disgustingly; distastefully; revoltingly; sickeningly
Context example:
the beggar was disgustingly filthy
Pertainym:
disgusting (highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust)
Context examples
She was disgustingly, was suspiciously reserved.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Emma had not to listen to such paradings again—to any so exclusively addressed to herself—so disgustingly decorated with a “dear Miss Woodhouse.”
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
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