grotesquely
/ɡɹoʊtˈɛskli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a grotesque manner; disgustingly.
Example Sentences
- "Till the grotesquely angry scene was interrupted by the arrival of Mina, who came asking for Andrew."
- "Anything more appalling than this jumbled mass of the remains of a departed race I cannot imagine, and what made it even more dreadful was that in this dry air a considerable number of the bodies had simply become desiccated with the skin still on them, and now, fixed in every conceivable position, stared at us out of the mountain of white bones, grotesquely horrible caricatures of humanity."
- "Slowly, the grotesquely large lady made her way up the steps, the ladder creaking under her considerable weight."
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek κρύπτω (krúptō) Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ)bor. Latin crypta Italian grotta Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Vulgar Latin -iscus Italian -esco Italian grottescobor. Middle French grotesquebor. English grotesque Middle English -ly English -ly English grotesquely From grotesque + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more grotesquely (comparative)
most grotesquely (superlative)