单词 | grotesquely |
释义 | grotesquelyadv. In a grotesque manner; with incongruous absurdity; fantastically, whimsically. ΘΚΠ 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). < adv.1740 |
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