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Meanings of atrociously in English

Portuguese
abissalmente

In an atrocious manner.

        abissalmente

        To an extravagant or immoderate degree.

              Usage of atrociously in English
              1
              In the note-book I handed him he wrote in atrociously spelled Spanish:
              Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and i...
              2
              He pulled out packet after packet of atrociously colored stationary... View Article
              The new yorker
              3
              They had been atrociously treated by the natives, and had suffered much.
              Ismailia
              4
              He echoed Goldsmith and a whole line of British poets-echoedthem atrociously.
              Letters from an American Farmer
              5
              Tell Pole as you go by that last mutton was atrociously tough.
              Westways: A Village Chronicle
              6
              She drives herself, shortens her petticoats, and cuts down her dress-bodies atrociously.
              The Clique of Gold
              7
              He is atrociously severe on Huxley's lecture, and very bitter against Hooker.
              Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2
              8
              I am drunk, atrociously drunk; and I have been drunk so long!
              The Grey Cloak
              9
              But don't be cross, my dear, because you have behaved so atrociously.
              Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale
              10
              Call in Nathanael, and eat your breakfast quickly, you atrociously lazy folks!
              Agatha's Husband: A Novel
              11
              When there is no hope in the future, the present appears atrociously bitter.
              Theresa Raquin
              12
              Then again: the cities had been atrociously robbed by their own Greek magistrates.
              Roman life in the days of Cicero
              13
              The men of the royal family marry many women, and are atrociously fertile.
              Man in the Middle
              14
              His audience listens to him with the greatest pleasure, because he swears atrociously.
              Creatures That Once Were Men
              15
              Mildred knew why he was there-andshe acted and sang atrociously.
              The Price She Paid
              16
              And Marr had always struck me as an atrociously bad lot.
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