grotesquely
grotesquely adverb: in a grotesque manner; disgustingly.
Adverb
grotesquely (comparative more grotesquely, superlative most grotesquely)
- In a grotesque manner; disgustingly.
- Till the grotesquely angry scene was interrupted by the arrival of Mina, who came asking for Andrew.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 209
- Anything more appalling than this jumbled mass of the remains of a departed race I cannot imagine, and what made it even more dreadful was that in this dry air a considerable number of the bodies had simply become desiccated with the skin still on them, and now, fixed in every conceivable position...1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
grotesquely meaning in Bengali
grotesquely in Bengali
- কদর্যভাবে, বিরক্তিকরভাবে
Examples of grotesquely in a sentence
- Parenthood, untouchably sacrosanct in so much of our culture, is on “24” a grotesquely compromised institution.
- They continually drop off, collecting bidons and sprinting back into the peloton with grotesquely bulging shirts.
- The grotesquely ornamented goats, crazed by the Hamelin piping, stampeded toward him.
Forms of grotesquely
| comparative | more grotesquely |
|---|---|
| superlative | most grotesquely |
Origin of grotesquely
From grotesque + -ly.
Questions about grotesquely
- What does grotesquely mean?
- Grotesquely means in a grotesque manner; disgustingly.
- What is grotesquely in Bengali?
- Grotesquely in Bengali is কদর্যভাবে, বিরক্তিকরভাবে. See Grotesquely meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is grotesquely?
- Grotesquely is an adverb.
Words near grotesquely in the dictionary
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