uglily

/ˈʌɡləli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adv

"“One thing at least is certain,” remarked King Helmas, frowning uglily, “and it is that among the Peohtes all persons who dispute our prophecies are burned at the stake.”"
"Food was pleasant; the sun hot; and this killing oneself, how does one set about it, with a table knife, uglily, with floods of blood,—by sucking a gaspipe?"

From Middle English ugglili, equivalent to ugly + -ly.

more uglily (comparative) most uglily (superlative)

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How do you pronounce uglily?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʌɡləli/.

What does uglily mean?

In an ugly manner.

Where does uglily come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

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