hideously

Adverb

Meaning

in a hideous manner

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Examples

I began to lose heart. The appalling desert of darkness and barren fire, the huge emptiness so sparsely pricked with scintillations, the colossal futility of the whole universe, hideously oppressed me. Olaf Stapledon

Yes I try to do everything I can not to fail hideously. Bob Balaban

I'm hideously shy as myself, but on stage I can run around naked and bite the heads off fish. Laurie Metcalf

I bought a pair of Carpe Diem boots, which were completely unnecessary and hideously expensive, but they make me feel quite fine and dandy. Sean Pertwee

... and we have already seen how insurance is like a pyramid - (Huge, incomprehensible, hideously expensive, completely unnecessary and specifically designed only to be of benefit to you once you're dead?) Tom Holt

When your laboratory explodes, lacing your body with a supercharged elixir, what do you do? You don't just lie there. You crawl out of the rubble, hideously scarred, and swear vengeance on the world. You keep going. You keep trying to take over the world. Austin Grossman

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