hideously

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hideously

  • /ˈhɪd.i.əs.li/

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From Middle English hidously; equivalent to hideous + -ly.

adverb more hideously · most hideously

  1. In a hideous manner.
  2. To an extreme degree. Speaking now as a condemned criminal might speak ere the drop-bolts are drawn, my story, wild and hideously improbable as it may appear, demands at least attention.

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@misc{hideously_2026,
  title = {hideously},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hideously},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}