Definition of Sickeningly

1. Adverb. In a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree. "The beggar was disgustingly filthy"


Definition of Sickeningly

1. Adverb. (sometimes figurative) In a manner to sicken. ¹

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Definition of Sickeningly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sickeningly

sickbag
sickbags
sickbay
sickbays
sickbed
sickbeds
sicke
sicked
sickee
sickees
sicken
sickened
sickener
sickeners
sickening
sickeningly (current term)
sickeningness
sickens
sicker
sickerly
sickerness
sickest
sickhouse
sickhouses
sickie
sickies
sicking
sickish
sickishly
sickishness

Literary usage of Sickeningly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (1860)
"... she must begin a new life, in which she would have to rouse herself to receive new impressions; and she was so unspeakably, sickeningly weary! ..."

2. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (1860)
"... she must begin a new life, in which she would have to rouse herself to receive new impressions; and she was so unspeakably, sickeningly weary! ..."

3. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (1860)
"... she must begin a new life, in which she would have to rouse herself to receive new impressions— and she was so unspeakably, sickeningly weary ! ..."

4. Bushido, the Soul of Japan: An Exposition of Japanese Thought by Inazō Nitobe (1905)
"... and turning it in the wound, gave a slight cut upwards. During this sickeningly painful operation he never moved a muscle of his face. ..."

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