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hellishly

hellishly adverb: in a hellish manner.

Adverb

hellishly (comparative more hellishly, superlative most hellishly)

  1. In a hellish manner.
    • I expect you to feel pretty sick, but if you imagine that this means nothing to me either, you are hellishly mistaken.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

Forms of hellishly

comparativemore hellishly
superlativemost hellishly

Origin of hellishly

From hellish + -ly.

Questions about hellishly

What does hellishly mean?
Hellishly means in a hellish manner.
What part of speech is hellishly?
Hellishly is an adverb.

Words near hellishly in the dictionary

  1. Hellings and Downs curves
  2. Hellings-Downs curve
  3. hellion
  4. hellions
  5. hellish
  6. hellishly
  7. hellishness
  8. hellishnesses
  9. hellkite
  10. hellkites
  11. hellman

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