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grisely

grisely is the obsolete form of grisly.

Meaning of grisly

Adjective

grisly (comparative grislier, superlative grisliest)

  1. Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying.
    • The photographs of the killings depict a grisly scene.

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Forms of grisely

comparativemore grisely
superlativemost grisely

Questions about grisely

What is grisely the obsolete form of?
Grisely is the obsolete form of grisly.

Words near grisely in the dictionary

  1. Griseldas
  2. griseldy
  3. griselimycin
  4. griselimycins
  5. griselmycin
  6. grisely
  7. griseofluvin
  8. griseofulvin
  9. griseofulvins
  10. griseorhodin
  11. griseorhodins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: grisely (page history and authors); grisly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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