horridly

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
14
Letters
8

Definition of horridly

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  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?”
    “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.”
    “[…] Corporal Cornichon, walking straight up to the bar, "tutoyering" me all the time in the most horridly familiar manner, clapped me on the back, and asked me to take a glass of cognac with him.”

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Etymology

From horrid + -ly.

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