ghastlilyadv.
/ˈɡɑːs(t)lᵻli/, /ˈɡas(t)lᵻli/, U.S. /ˈɡæs(t)ləli/ In a ghastly manner:
a. Frightfully, horribly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being horrible > [adverb]
grislyc1200
atelichec1275
uglilya1300
hideously1340
horribly1340
grisfullya1382
uglyc1420
gastfullyc1449
ugsomelyc1450
horriferouslyc1626
gashly1628
hideous1667
horrifically1693
ghastily1829
ghastlily1830
gruesomely1893
grizzel1898
1830 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 28 637 He..stood fear~fully and ghastlily conspicuous.
1884 G. Allen Strange Stories i. 15 She lay unconscious upon the bed, her eyes open, staring ghastlily.
b. With a deathlike appearance; drearily, dismally.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adverb] > in a gloomy or depressing manner
louringly1576
drearily1579
dernly1590
darkly1597
gloomingly1598
dolesomelya1626
discouraginglya1651
mopishly1651
dismally1653
depressivelya1670
surlily1711
dishearteningly1742
funereally1774
cheerlessly1789
unjoyously1812
ghastily1829
ghastlily1829
desolately1831
unjoyfully1831
depressingly1847
lugubriously1848
dispiritingly1882
uncheerfully1890
drearly1891
greyly1898
1829 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 25 383 Each [cheek]..collapsed into a perpendicular hollow, shooting up ghastlily from chin to cheek-bone.
1882 E. O'Donovan Merv Oasis I. iv. 63 The walls and domes..now stand ghastlily amid the waste.
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