Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a hideous manner or degree.

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  • adverb In a hideous manner.
  • adverb degree To an extreme degree

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  • adverb in a hideous manner

Etymologies

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hideous +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • The nightmare of pollution in the East was now the obsession of the Greens, and number one on their hit list was the nuclear-power industry, which they called hideously unsafe.

    The Sum of all Fears Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1991

  • In one of her little tempers, as they called her hideously ugly rages, she dashed it against the back of the chimney, after which it never gave a single tick; and some of the diamonds went to the ash-pit.

    A Double Story George MacDonald 1864

  • He was also wearing what I can only describe as a hideously ugly fishing hat.

    The Human Bobby Gabe Rotter 2010

  • He was also wearing what I can only describe as a hideously ugly fishing hat.

    The Human Bobby Gabe Rotter 2010

  • He was also wearing what I can only describe as a hideously ugly fishing hat.

    The Human Bobby Gabe Rotter 2010

  • Zoo Director of Conservation and Animal Welfare Scott Carter said in a news release that the animal "can only be described as hideously cute."

    Sweetness & Light 2009

  • I doubt that you would allow someone to describe an organisation as "hideously" black or "hideously" gay or "hideously" Muslim.

    EXCLUSIVE: Tories Want Dyke to Fight as a Joint LibDem/Tory Candidate 2007

  • However, the terrible song in the middle of The Cheesecake Factory was kind of hideously romantic, so I certainly don't fault her for falling for it.

    TV Squad 2009

  • However, the terrible song in the middle of The Cheesecake Factory was kind of hideously romantic, so I certainly don't fault her for falling for it.

    TV Squad 2009

  • I find if you fuck a man as soon as he walks in through the door, then you avoid this kind of hideously awkward exchange.

    The Date The Earth Stood Still juliette 2009

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