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单词 grotesquely
释义

grotesquelyadv.

/ɡrəʊˈtɛskli/
Etymology: < grotesque adj. + -ly suffix2.
In a grotesque manner; with incongruous absurdity; fantastically, whimsically.
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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adverb] > grotesquely
anticly1585
fantastically1600
grotesquely1740
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [adverb]
ridiculously1563
grotesquely1740
laughably1763
ridiculous1827
ludicrously1844
pathetically1937
1740 H. Walpole Ep. fr. Florence 285 in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems (1755) III. 80 The wearied arms grotesquely deck the wall.
1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xvii. 264 His absurdities..had appeared grotesquely ludicrous during his prosperity. View more context for this quotation
1818 J. Foster Let. 19 Nov. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) II. 26 Grotesquely-constructed sentences.
1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. ii. ii. 168 A man of about the middle age—very grotesquely attired.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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