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hellishly

/ˈhɛɫɪʃli/ adv

In a hellish manner.

Word Origin Hellishly comes from hell, which originally meant 'a concealed place' — from Proto-Germanic haljō, related to PIE *kel- 'to hide.' The underworld was the hidden realm. Adding -ish makes it 'like hell,' and -ly makes it an adverb. So hellishly means in a hell-like manner. The same root *kel- gives us conceal, cellar, and even color (something that covers).

adv In a hellish manner.

The desert was hellishly hot during the day.

(副词) 恶魔般地；地狱般地

沙漠在白天热得如同地狱一般。

(adverbio) De manera infernal o terrible.

El desierto estaba infernalmente caluroso durante el día.

(adverbe) infernalement; épouvantablement; atrocement; d'une manière infernale [D'une manière infernale, insupportable ou atroce.]

Le désert était d'une chaleur infernale pendant la journée.

(Adverb) höllisch; teuflisch [Auf eine höllenartige, unerträglich quälende Weise; so, dass etwas extrem unangenehm oder schmerzhaft ist.]

Die Wüste war tagsüber **hellishly** heiß.

(副詞) 地獄のように、耐え難く不快に

砂漠は日中、地獄のように暑かった。

(advérbio) infernalmente; diabolicamente; de modo infernal; endiabradamente [De maneira infernal; de modo extremamente desagradável.]

O deserto estava infernalmente quente durante o dia.

Synonyms: horribly dreadfully awfully terribly painfully miserably torturously excruciatingly Antonyms: pleasantly wonderfully delightfully blissfully
Word parts: hell + ish + ly

Related words

hellion heller

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