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heinously

heinously adverb: in a heinous manner.

Adverb

heinously (comparative more heinously, superlative most heinously)

  1. In a heinous manner.
    • At length the ministering mutual friend obtained the consent of the Angersteins that Duval should offer, in person, the best and sincerest proofs of his self-abhorrence, of his repentance, and of his unspeakable admiration of the character and conduct of her whom he had so heinously distressed, and...1832, Margaret De Courcy, Beatrice De Courcy, The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music, and Romance, G. Henderson, Old Bailey, page 425

Forms of heinously

comparativemore heinously
superlativemost heinously

Origin of heinously

From heinous + -ly.

Questions about heinously

What does heinously mean?
Heinously means in a heinous manner.
What part of speech is heinously?
Heinously is an adverb.

Words near heinously in the dictionary

  1. Heinolds
  2. Heinonen
  3. Heinonens
  4. Heinos
  5. heinous
  6. heinously
  7. heinousness
  8. heinousnesses
  9. Heinrich
  10. heinrichite
  11. Heinrichs

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