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horridly

horridly adverb: in a horrid manner.

Adverb

horridly (comparative more horridly, superlative most horridly)

  1. In a horrid manner.
    • [W]hat may this meane, / That thou, dead corſe, againe in compleate ſteele, / Reuiſſits thus the glimſes of the Moone, / Making night hideous, and vve fooles of nature, / So horridely to ſhake our diſpoſition, / VVith thoughts beyond the reaches of our ſoules?c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shake-speare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and Iohn Trundell...
    • The Black Dwarfs wear black jackets and caps, are not handsome like the others, but on the contrary are horridly ugly, with weeping eyes, like blacksmiths and colliers.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 283

Forms of horridly

comparativemore horridly
superlativemost horridly

Origin of horridly

From horrid + -ly.

Questions about horridly

What does horridly mean?
Horridly means in a horrid manner.
What part of speech is horridly?
Horridly is an adverb.

Words near horridly in the dictionary

  1. horribly
  2. horrid
  3. horrider
  4. horridest
  5. horridity
  6. horridly
  7. horridness
  8. horridnesses
  9. horridsome
  10. Horries
  11. horrifiable

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