monstrouslyadv.

Brit.

/ˈmɒnstrəsli/, U.S.

/ˈmɑnztrəsli/,

/ˈmɑnstrəsli/

Forms: late Middle English– monstrously, 1500s monstrouslye.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: monstrous adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < monstrous adj. + -ly suffix². With sense 3a compare earlier monstrous adv.

†1. In an unnatural or extraordinary manner. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adverb] > abnormally or unnaturally

unkindly?1387

accidently?a1425

monstrouslyc1487

innaturallya1513

unnaturally1528

monstruously?1548

supernaturally1578

preternaturally1588

c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica i. 21 They saye how these goddis in nombre v trauaylle ouer all the erthe, monstrously shewynge theym-self in fourmes and figures apparente of lyuely creaturis.

1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. bij Vicious behauoures which monstrously deforme the myndes of men.

1588 J. Udall State Church of Eng. sig. D4 My flesh trembleth to heare you speake so monstrously.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. iii. 10 They melted down their stolen ear-rings into a calf, and monstrously cryed out: These are thy gods O Israel! that brought thee out of the land of Egypt.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 330/1 Virtues..of the same nature as those which the Basilians [sic] attributed to their monstrously cut stones.

2. In the manner or form of a monster; (of an animal) with congenital malformation. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [adverb]

monstrously1532

monstruously?1548

monster1607

the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > [adverb] > abnormally-formed fetus

monstrously1532

monstruously1708

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adverb] > abnormally or unnaturally > in the manner of a monster

monstrously1532

monster-like1580

1532 T. More Confut. Barnes in Wks. (1557) 741/2 A man myght haue seene frere Barns when he came laste into the lande..and yet myght happely..haue taken him for a monstre, he had so monstrouslye dressed himself because he would be wondred on.

1601 T. Wright Passions of Minde x. 80 I might declare, what passions they are subiect vnto, whom Nature monstrously hath signed.

1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. ii. i. f. 29^v There stood a Florentine neere to the body, who knew Martellino very perfectly; but appearing so monstrously mishapen..hee could take no knowledge of him.

1843 Zoologist 1 29 The antennae are monstrously developed..emitting from each ‘prong’ a part of a distinct antennule.

1866 Rural Amer. (Utica, N.Y.) 15 Mar. 85 A ram badly and even monstrously formed, having a head of unusual size and a tail of great length.

1972 Daily Tel. 22 Sept. (Colour Suppl.) 21/4 Jeanine..was born 28 years ago with the fish eyes, one on each side of the face, and the monstrously deformed nose characteristic of hypertelorism (Grieg's Disease).

a. To an extraordinarily large degree; extremely, hugely, vastly. Frequently as an intensifier, and in later use hyperbolical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > hugely or immensely

hugelyc1380

huge1508

enormly1538

monstruously?1548

massively1550

monstrously1602

a worlda1616

hugeouslya1643

immensely1654

vastly1664

swingingly1668

hugeous1673

gigantically1678

vast1688

swingeing1690

thumpingly1693

enormously1695

pancratically1727

immense1754

colossally1809

whooping1866

monumentally1877

pyramidically1886

pyramidally1891

galactically1968

1602 T. Heywood How Man may chuse Good Wife sig. D2^v If he hate you monstrously, it should seeme he loaths you most exceedingly.

1604 J. Marston Malcontent v. iii. sig. H2^v But I faith I am most monstrously in loue with count Quidlibet.

a1674 Earl of Clarendon Brief View Leviathan (1676) 301 We are monstrously in the fault.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 48. ⁋1 Heels to his Shoes so monstrously high, that he had three or four Times fallen down, had he not [etc.].

1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. i. v. 74 She had been..so monstrously engaged, I could never find her at home.

1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iv. ii. 174 In life, surely man is not always as monstrously busy, as he appears to be in novels and romances.

1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. ii. 25 In monstrously short time the pursuing skiff showed round the corner.

1907 J. Conrad Secret Agent iii. 73 There are natures, too, to whose sense of justice the price exacted looms up monstrously enormous.

1950 D. Thomas Let. 26 Feb. (1987) 750 We drove around the city, me gawping, like the country cousin I am, at this..soaring Babylon, everything monstrously rich and strange.

1998 Sunday Tel. 25 Jan. (Appointments) 16/1 (advt.) A monstrously talented medical sales professional with business..experience.

b. Extremely badly, most unpleasantly; horribly, outrageously, disgracefully.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > specifically of something bad

sorea1300

grievously1340

terrible1490

beastly?1518

shrewdlyc1533

arrantly?1548

murrainly?1548

abominablea1550

pestilence1567

pestilently1567

cursedly1570

pestiferously1570

murrain1575

plaguey1584

plaguilya1586

grievous1598

scandalously1602

horridly1603

terribly1604

monstrously1611

hellish1614

dreadfullya1616

horrid1615

pestilenta1616

infernally1638

preposterously1661

woeful1684

confoundedly1694

confounded1709

glaringly1709

cursed1719

flagrantly1756

weary1790

disgustingly1804

filthy1827

blamed1833

peskily1833

pesky1833

blame1843

blasted1854

wickedly1858

blatantly1878

shamelessly1885

disgracefully1893

ruddy1913

bastarda1935

pissing1951

sodding1954

pissingly1971

1611 G. Chapman May-day iii. 44 Alas poore vncle, I haue monstrously abused him.

a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1771) VII. xiii. 283 To use any one unfairly, because Another hath used Us so, is..monstrously wicked.

1778 Pennsylvania Packet 7 Jan. 2/2 The..hopes, suggested by the lies of those rascals, who meant no more than to make excuses for their absence, operate monstrously.

1852 C. Dickens & W. H. Wills Curious Dance round Curious Tree in Househ. Words 17 Jan. 385/1 Nothing was too wildly extravagant, nothing too monstrously cruel, to be prescribed by mad-doctors.

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles III. li. 187 O why have you treated me so monstrously, Angel! I do not deserve it.

a1972 P. Goodman Coll. Poems (1973) lvii. 217 God did not make the world to be the best But man has monstrously insulted it.

1989 M. Meyer Not Prince Hamlet xv. 206 Qualities in him..inspired affection and love—even from those to whom he behaved most monstrously.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monstrously
释义	monstrouslyadv. Brit. /ˈmɒnstrəsli/, U.S. /ˈmɑnztrəsli/, /ˈmɑnstrəsli/ Forms: late Middle English– monstrously, 1500s monstrouslye. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: monstrous adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < monstrous adj. + -ly suffix². With sense 3a compare earlier monstrous adv. †1. In an unnatural or extraordinary manner. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adverb] > abnormally or unnaturally unkindly?1387 accidently?a1425 monstrouslyc1487 innaturallya1513 unnaturally1528 monstruously?1548 supernaturally1578 preternaturally1588 c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica i. 21 They saye how these goddis in nombre v trauaylle ouer all the erthe, monstrously shewynge theym-self in fourmes and figures apparente of lyuely creaturis. 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. bij Vicious behauoures which monstrously deforme the myndes of men. 1588 J. Udall State Church of Eng. sig. D4 My flesh trembleth to heare you speake so monstrously. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. iii. 10 They melted down their stolen ear-rings into a calf, and monstrously cryed out: These are thy gods O Israel! that brought thee out of the land of Egypt. View more context for this quotation 1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 330/1 Virtues..of the same nature as those which the Basilians [sic] attributed to their monstrously cut stones. 2. In the manner or form of a monster; (of an animal) with congenital malformation. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [adverb] monstrously1532 monstruously?1548 monster1607 the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > [adverb] > abnormally-formed fetus monstrously1532 monstruously1708 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adverb] > abnormally or unnaturally > in the manner of a monster monstrously1532 monster-like1580 1532 T. More Confut. Barnes in Wks. (1557) 741/2 A man myght haue seene frere Barns when he came laste into the lande..and yet myght happely..haue taken him for a monstre, he had so monstrouslye dressed himself because he would be wondred on. 1601 T. Wright Passions of Minde x. 80 I might declare, what passions they are subiect vnto, whom Nature monstrously hath signed. 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. ii. i. f. 29^v There stood a Florentine neere to the body, who knew Martellino very perfectly; but appearing so monstrously mishapen..hee could take no knowledge of him. 1843 Zoologist 1 29 The antennae are monstrously developed..emitting from each ‘prong’ a part of a distinct antennule. 1866 Rural Amer. (Utica, N.Y.) 15 Mar. 85 A ram badly and even monstrously formed, having a head of unusual size and a tail of great length. 1972 Daily Tel. 22 Sept. (Colour Suppl.) 21/4 Jeanine..was born 28 years ago with the fish eyes, one on each side of the face, and the monstrously deformed nose characteristic of hypertelorism (Grieg's Disease). 3. a. To an extraordinarily large degree; extremely, hugely, vastly. Frequently as an intensifier, and in later use hyperbolical. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > hugely or immensely hugelyc1380 huge1508 enormly1538 monstruously?1548 massively1550 monstrously1602 a worlda1616 hugeouslya1643 immensely1654 vastly1664 swingingly1668 hugeous1673 gigantically1678 vast1688 swingeing1690 thumpingly1693 enormously1695 pancratically1727 immense1754 colossally1809 whooping1866 monumentally1877 pyramidically1886 pyramidally1891 galactically1968 1602 T. Heywood How Man may chuse Good Wife sig. D2^v If he hate you monstrously, it should seeme he loaths you most exceedingly. 1604 J. Marston Malcontent v. iii. sig. H2^v But I faith I am most monstrously in loue with count Quidlibet. a1674 Earl of Clarendon Brief View Leviathan (1676) 301 We are monstrously in the fault. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 48. ⁋1 Heels to his Shoes so monstrously high, that he had three or four Times fallen down, had he not [etc.]. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. i. v. 74 She had been..so monstrously engaged, I could never find her at home. 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iv. ii. 174 In life, surely man is not always as monstrously busy, as he appears to be in novels and romances. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. ii. 25 In monstrously short time the pursuing skiff showed round the corner. 1907 J. Conrad Secret Agent iii. 73 There are natures, too, to whose sense of justice the price exacted looms up monstrously enormous. 1950 D. Thomas Let. 26 Feb. (1987) 750 We drove around the city, me gawping, like the country cousin I am, at this..soaring Babylon, everything monstrously rich and strange. 1998 Sunday Tel. 25 Jan. (Appointments) 16/1 (advt.) A monstrously talented medical sales professional with business..experience. b. Extremely badly, most unpleasantly; horribly, outrageously, disgracefully. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > specifically of something bad sorea1300 grievously1340 terrible1490 beastly?1518 shrewdlyc1533 arrantly?1548 murrainly?1548 abominablea1550 pestilence1567 pestilently1567 cursedly1570 pestiferously1570 murrain1575 plaguey1584 plaguilya1586 grievous1598 scandalously1602 horridly1603 terribly1604 monstrously1611 hellish1614 dreadfullya1616 horrid1615 pestilenta1616 infernally1638 preposterously1661 woeful1684 confoundedly1694 confounded1709 glaringly1709 cursed1719 flagrantly1756 weary1790 disgustingly1804 filthy1827 blamed1833 peskily1833 pesky1833 blame1843 blasted1854 wickedly1858 blatantly1878 shamelessly1885 disgracefully1893 ruddy1913 bastarda1935 pissing1951 sodding1954 pissingly1971 1611 G. Chapman May-day iii. 44 Alas poore vncle, I haue monstrously abused him. a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1771) VII. xiii. 283 To use any one unfairly, because Another hath used Us so, is..monstrously wicked. 1778 Pennsylvania Packet 7 Jan. 2/2 The..hopes, suggested by the lies of those rascals, who meant no more than to make excuses for their absence, operate monstrously. 1852 C. Dickens & W. H. Wills Curious Dance round Curious Tree in Househ. Words 17 Jan. 385/1 Nothing was too wildly extravagant, nothing too monstrously cruel, to be prescribed by mad-doctors. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles III. li. 187 O why have you treated me so monstrously, Angel! I do not deserve it. a1972 P. Goodman Coll. Poems (1973) lvii. 217 God did not make the world to be the best But man has monstrously insulted it. 1989 M. Meyer Not Prince Hamlet xv. 206 Qualities in him..inspired affection and love—even from those to whom he behaved most monstrously. 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