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grotesquely en · ADV

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κρύπτω (krúptō) Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ)bor. Latin crypta Italian grotta Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Vulgar Latin -iscus Italian -esco Italian grottescobor. Middle French grotesquebor. English grotesque Middle English -ly English -ly English grotesquely From grotesque + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a grotesque manner; disgustingly.
   • Slowly, the grotesquely large lady made her way up the steps, the ladder creaking under her considerable weight. 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
   • Till the grotesquely angry scene was interrupted by the arrival of Mina, who came asking for Andrew. 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 209:
   • Anything more appalling than this jumbled mass of the remains of a departed race I cannot imagine, and what made it even more dreadful was that in this dry air a considerable number of the bodies had simply become desiccated with the skin still on them, and now, fixed in every conceivable position, stared at us out of the mountain of white bones, grotesquely horrible caricatures of humanity. 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

Forms

Translations (8)

pt grotescamente (in a grotesque manner) · eo groteske (in a grotesque manner) · es grotescamente (in a grotesque manner) · sv groteskt (in a grotesque manner) · fi irvokkaasti (in a grotesque manner) · fi groteskisti (in a grotesque manner) · it grottescamente (in a grotesque manner) · ca grotescament (in a grotesque manner)