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MONSTROUSLY

• MONSTROUSLY (adverb)
The adverb MONSTROUSLY has 3 senses:

1. in a hideous manner
2. in a terribly evil manner
3. in a grotesque manner

Familiarity information: MONSTROUSLY used as an adverb is uncommon.

• MONSTROUSLY (adverb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

In a hideous manner

Synonyms:

hideously; horridly; monstrously

Context example:

her face was hideously disfigured after the accident

Pertainym:

monstrous (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

In a terribly evil manner

Synonyms:

heinously; monstrously

Context example:

the child was heinously murdered

Pertainym:

monstrous (shockingly brutal or cruel)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

In a grotesque manner

Synonyms:

grotesquely; monstrously

Context example:

behind the house lay two nude figures grotesquely bald, with deliberate knife-slashes marking their bodies

Pertainym:

monstrous (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous)

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