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monstrously

🇬🇧 UK/'mɔnstrəsli/🇺🇸 US/'mɔnstrəsli/
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Definitions

adv.

In a hideous, shocking, or extremely evil manner; to a grotesque degree.

可怕地;骇人地;荒唐地

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
monstrshow, warn, portent
+
ousfull of, having the quality of
+
lyin the manner of
=monstrously

Common Collocations

  • 1.monstrously unfair极不公平
  • 2.monstrously large大得不合理
  • 3.treat monstrously残酷对待

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    He treated her [monstrously], causing lasting psychological damage.

  • 2.

    The building was [monstrously] oversized for the neighborhood.

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