Definition of appallingly in English:
appallingly
adverbəˈpɔːlɪŋliəˈpɔlɪŋli
To a horrifying or shocking degree.
there are people who suffer appallingly all the time
as submodifier the public waiting list is appallingly long
Example sentencesExamples
- They once drank vast quantities of alcohol and consumed appallingly rich, fatty meals of meats and heavy desserts.
- He was such an appallingly grouchy individual that the university never did give him a professorship.
- The corporate world is appallingly bad at capitalizing on the strengths of its people.
- All "talent" involved really should be ashamed for their wasted energy on this appallingly dreadful final product.
- The film is appallingly directed, exposing the actors to scenes of baffling embarrassment.
- Agathocles, we are told, always lived a dissolute life and was known for appallingly cruel and inhumane conduct.
- Appallingly low turnout for the June elections showed that voters are apathetic.
- The most obvious evidence of this phenomenon is the appallingly low rate of women's literacy in many countries.
- The didgeridoo, another instrument frequently played appallingly, is in capable hands here.
- The songs are appallingly uneventful, despite the rock-steady delivery of the band.
Definition of appallingly in US English:
appallingly
adverbəˈpôliNGlēəˈpɔlɪŋli
To a horrifying or shocking degree.
there are people who suffer appallingly all the time
as submodifier the public waiting list is appallingly long
Example sentencesExamples
- The film is appallingly directed, exposing the actors to scenes of baffling embarrassment.
- The most obvious evidence of this phenomenon is the appallingly low rate of women's literacy in many countries.
- The didgeridoo, another instrument frequently played appallingly, is in capable hands here.
- Appallingly low turnout for the June elections showed that voters are apathetic.
- Agathocles, we are told, always lived a dissolute life and was known for appallingly cruel and inhumane conduct.
- They once drank vast quantities of alcohol and consumed appallingly rich, fatty meals of meats and heavy desserts.
- All "talent" involved really should be ashamed for their wasted energy on this appallingly dreadful final product.
- The corporate world is appallingly bad at capitalizing on the strengths of its people.
- He was such an appallingly grouchy individual that the university never did give him a professorship.
- The songs are appallingly uneventful, despite the rock-steady delivery of the band.