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horridly

adv

Etymology

From horrid + -ly.

  1. borrowed from horridus
  2. formed as horridly — “horrid + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In a horrid manner.

    • 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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