adverb

hideously

HIHD-ee-uhs-lee

adverb

In an extremely ugly or shocking way.

"The wound looked hideously infected."

To an extreme degree.

"The plan was hideously expensive."

How to Use Hideously

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishUsed to intensify something negative, either literally ugly or figuratively extreme.

more hideously comparative, most hideously superlative

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The wound looked _____ infected.

From "hideous" plus the adverb-forming suffix "-ly."

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