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Meanings of
repulsively
in English
Portuguese
de forma detestável
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In an offensive and hateful manner.
abominably
odiously
detestably
Portuguese
de forma detestável
Synonyms
Examples for "
abominably
"
abominably
odiously
detestably
Examples for "
abominably
"
1
The rocks at the north end of the beach are
abominably
slippery.
2
The iron was deeply rusted and the place itself smelled
abominably
stale.
3
I ought never to have given way; we were both
abominably
selfish.
4
In a great deal of my talk with D. I posed
abominably
.
5
It was the right thing to do, and it was done
abominably
.
1
He shocked the family to its
odiously
complacent core by growing Tranquillity.
2
He had
odiously
watchful eyes-eyes that looked skilled in peeping through key-holes.
3
They adopted an
odiously
patronising attitude towards the once popular game of backgammon.
4
His looks, manner, intonation, the phrases he employed were
odiously
familiar to her.
5
Your glee this evening has been really too barefaced; you have paraded me
odiously
.
1
What the thing is, is not cowardly, but profoundly and
detestably
wicked.
2
She was
detestably
vain, common and selfish; he would be on his guard.
3
Near them was the
detestably
picturesque castle perched upon a bracket.
4
And still the pale phosphorescence glowed in that
detestably
ancient woodwork.
5
Responsible or not, he was equally an accomplice of his
detestably
mischievous daughter.
Usage of
repulsively
in English
1
Anne could command herself enough to receive that look, and not
repulsively
.
2
Lady Fides had sent him away as he had-turned
repulsively
old.
3
He was young and well-made, but thin and
repulsively
ugly.
4
All he had just said seemed to him
repulsively
stupid.
5
No treason was ever so
repulsively
foul, so reekingly corrupt.
6
And how
repulsively
mean he is, and how ridiculous withal!
7
Your stepfather smells so
repulsively
human he could mask the presence of any demigod.
8
His bare feet were upturned in the shadows
repulsively
,
in the manner of a corpse.
9
At the time of which I speak, the year 1881, the city was
repulsively
dirty.
10
There was not a
repulsively
attitude or expression.
11
He was obstinate, he was narrow-minded, he was selfish, he was
repulsively
and even ridiculously incontinent.
12
Burny is grunting softly,
repulsively
,
in Ty's ear.
13
At length the latter said, half-kindly,
half
-
repulsively
:
-
14
A certain mellowness born of sheer time, no doubt-butwith all its ugly ingredients still
repulsively
visible.
15
Other women would probably have thought him
repulsively
plain, but what did she care for his looks?
16
Bleating
repulsively
with that remarkable skill that they have, Doralissians started running in through both of the doors.
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repulsively
Adverb
Frequent collocations
repulsively ugly
repulsively dirty
repulsively old
bleat repulsively
leer repulsively
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Translations for
repulsively
Portuguese
de forma detestável
detestavelmente
Repulsively
through the time