nauseatinglyadv.
/ˈnɔːzɪeɪtɪŋli/, /ˈnɔːsɪeɪtɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈnɔziˌeɪdɪŋli/, /ˈnɔʒiˌeɪdɪŋli/, /ˈnɑziˌeɪdɪŋli/, /ˈnɑʒiˌeɪdɪŋli/ In a nauseating manner; in such a way as to cause nausea.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [adverb]
loathlya1000
loathsomelya1400
hatefullyc1425
heinouslyc1440
abominably1447
ugsomelyc1450
odiouslya1500
detestably1531
abominationly1592
obscenely1598
repellingly1811
repellently1812
nauseatingly1815
obnoxiously1828
sickeningly1839
rebarbatively1934
1815 Cobbett's Weekly Reg. 5 Aug. 155 When he descended into the royal arena; when, in addressing kings, he could nauseatingly call them, ‘Sire, my Brother,’ the democratic Bonaparte no longer existed.
1875 F. S. Jewell School Govt. 294 The famous, often nauseatingly reiterated maxim; ‘perseverance conquers all things;’ is true only with limitations.
1883 L. Wingfield Abigel Rowe I. iv. 72 All birds and trees and cows are nauseatingly alike.
a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. iv. 64 She was seated in the midst of the sweating, almost nauseatingly odorous women of all ages.
1977 Daily Tel. 16 Feb. 16 The socialist vision could scarcely be more exactly and nauseatingly epitomised.
1997 W. I. Miller Anat. Disgust iv. 87 Those many kinds of odors we feel best described as nauseatingly sweet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1815