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HORRIDLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does horridly mean?
• HORRIDLY (adverb)
The adverb HORRIDLY has 1 sense:
1. in a hideous manner
Familiarity information: HORRIDLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a hideous manner
Synonyms:
hideously; horridly; monstrously
Context example:
her face was hideously disfigured after the accident
Pertainym:
horrid (grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror)
Context examples
Now, however, his good-natured, honest, stupid soul, full of indignation against me, and concern for your sister, could not resist the temptation of telling me what he knew ought to—though probably he did not think it WOULD—vex me horridly.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
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