appallingly
Pronunciations (2)
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/ʌˈpɑlɪŋli/
Pronunciation notes
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ʌˈpɑlɪŋli
Pronunciation notes
- US
Adverb
In an appalling manner.
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More examples (2)
[A] very hot-cross bun voice bellowed from the shop, ‘Wash it out this that, you trollop,’ and a pail of slops shot out of the shop all over the little woman, who squalled appallingly.
She performed appallingly on standard neurological tests, which are, as Sacks perceptively notes, specifically designed to deconstruct the whole person into a stack of 'abilities'.
Adverb
to an appalling extent
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the prisoners were appallingly thin
Word forms
more appallinglymost appallingly