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gruesomely

gruesomely adverb: in a gruesome manner.

Adverb

gruesomely (comparative more gruesomely, superlative most gruesomely)

  1. In a gruesome manner.
    • The trailer for the documentary about killer Luka Magnotta doesn’t show anything graphic, but it contains clips of him handling kittens. The trailer goes on to explain that Magnotta gruesomely abuses these kittens.2020 February 6, Alicia Lee, “Netflix is finally letting you stop previews from automatically playing. Here’s how to do it”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2025
    • Somewhere near the end of “Resurrection,” a sleek, hurtling, ridiculously entertaining horror movie from Andrew Semans, there’s a scene of such gruesomely bonkers intent that I actually gasped.2022 July 28, Jeannette Catsoulis, “‘Resurrection’ Review: Mother of Fears”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2022

Forms of gruesomely

comparativemore gruesomely
superlativemost gruesomely

Origin of gruesomely

From gruesome + -ly.

Questions about gruesomely

What does gruesomely mean?
Gruesomely means in a gruesome manner.
What part of speech is gruesomely?
Gruesomely is an adverb.

Words near gruesomely in the dictionary

  1. Gruenwalds
  2. grues
  3. gruesome
  4. gruesome twosome
  5. gruesome twosomes
  6. gruesomely
  7. gruesomeness
  8. gruesomenesses
  9. gruesomer
  10. gruesomest
  11. Gruetzmacher

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