appallingly

/ʌˈpɑlɪŋli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.31 in modern English

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"[A] very hot-cross bun voice bellowed from the shop, ‘Wash it out this that, you trollop,’ and a pail of slops shot out of the shop all over the little woman, who squalled appallingly."
"She performed appallingly on standard neurological tests, which are, as Sacks perceptively notes, specifically designed to deconstruct the whole person into a stack of 'abilities'."

Etymology tree English appalling Middle English -ly English -ly English appallingly From appalling + -ly.

more appallingly (comparative) most appallingly (superlative)

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How do you pronounce appallingly?

The recorded pronunciation is /ʌˈpɑlɪŋli/.

What does appallingly mean?

In an appalling manner.

Where does appallingly come from?

Etymology tree English appalling Middle English -ly English -ly English appallingly From appalling + -ly.

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