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distastefully

adv

Etymology

From distasteful + -ly.

  1. derived from *teh₂g-✻
  2. derived from taxo
  3. derived from *tastāre✻
  4. derived from taster
  5. inherited from tasten
  6. prefixed as distaste — “dis + taste”
  7. suffixed as distasteful — “distaste + ful”
  8. suffixed as distastefully — “distasteful + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a distasteful manner.

    • Near-synonym: unpleasantly
    • The soup was distastefully crammed with every spice from the spice cabinet.
    • The meeting was distastefully crammed with trivial agenda items.

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