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Definition of Horridly
1. Adverb. In a hideous manner. "Her face was hideously disfigured after the accident"
Definition of Horridly
1. adv. In a horrid manner.
Definition of Horridly
1. Adverb. In a horrid manner. ¹
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Definition of Horridly
1. horrid [adv] - See also: horrid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Horridly
Literary usage of Horridly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"Ferociously ; horridly. peace we may severely repent. Swift. To be or fondly or
severity kind. ... horridly ..."
2. Letters of George Meredith by George Meredith (1912)
"Unless I do them horridly, and I must soon get stronger, or I shall. If I can
come, as I trust to, I must return on Wednesday. I have all the writing on a ..."
3. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1912)
"Unless I do them horridly, and I must soon get stronger, or I shall. If I can
come, as I trust to, I must return on Wednesday. I have all the writing on a ..."
4. Lewis Theobald: His Contribution to English Scholarship, with Some by Richard Foster Jones (1919)
"Let us now turn to a note of Theobald's on a line in Ham- let, Act I, Sc. 7.
Hamlet is speaking to the ghost. So horridly to shake our ..."
5. The Atlantic Monthly by Making of America Project (1865)
"I would go and sit with Jane, and pet her and hold her hand and bathe her head,
though I knew it made her horridly uncomfortable at first ; but I thought ..."
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