atrociouslyadv.
In an atrocious manner; with heinous wickedness or cruelty; shockingly.
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [adverb]
foullyOE
ranklyOE
awly?c1225
wickc1330
deeplyc1384
cursedlyc1386
outrageouslya1387
wickeda1400
outragelya1425
heinouslyc1440
enormly1538
arrantly?1548
enormouslya1617
flagitiously1622
enormiouslya1641
flagrantly1756
atrociously1765
the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adverb]
heavilyc897
sharplyc900
hardeOE
sharpc1000
sorec1000
hardlyOE
etelichec1175
sorelyc1275
straita1300
sourc1300
grievously1303
drearilya1400
foullya1400
felly?c1400
snapelyc1420
durely1477
penallya1500
shrewlya1529
shrewdlyc1533
asperously1547
heinouslya1555
sensibly1613
instantly1638
shrowardly1664
severelya1682
atrociously1765
punishingly1839
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adverb] > heinously
foullyOE
deeplyc1384
outrageouslya1387
outragelya1425
heinouslyc1440
rankly?1534
enormly1538
enormouslya1617
flagitiously1622
enormiouslya1641
atrociously1765
1765 R. Lowth Let. to Warburton ii Abusing me infamously and atrociously.
1831 H. Alford Jrnl. 5 Jan. in Life, Jrnls. & Lett. (1873) 67 The letter had an atrociously long sentence in it.
1859 T. Trollope Tuscany ix. 137 The populace..were atrociously incited to crimes of the deepest dye.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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