horrendously

horrendously

English

Etymology

    From horrendous + -ly.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /həˈɹɛndəsli/

    Adverb

    horrendously (comparative more horrendously, superlative most horrendously)

    1. In a horrendous manner.
      The car handled horrendously when I took it for a test drive.
      • 2007, David F. Latham, “English Difficult? Au Contraire”, in American Rambler: 48 Original, Hilarious, Laugh-Out-Loud Newspapers Columns, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN:
        Mean-times, spelling and pronunciation are horrendously uncircumvoluted and the English vocabulary simply oozes with unloquaciousness. Irregardless of whether I say “wreck a nice beach” or “recognize speech,” you know what I mean, unless I say it too fast.