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repellently

/ɹɪˈpɛɫəntli/ adv

In a repelling manner.

Word Origin From Latin pellere 'to drive, push' — repel means to drive back, and repellently means in a manner that drives away. The root pellere gives us compel (drive together), dispel (drive apart), expel (drive out), impel (drive in), propel (drive forward), and pulse (a driving beat).

adv In a repelling manner.

The chemical smell repellently filled the entire laboratory.

(副词) 令人厌恶地；令人反感地

化学气味令人厌恶地弥漫了整个实验室。

(adverbio) De manera repelente.

El olor químico llenó todo el laboratorio de manera repelente.

(adverbe) de manière repoussante; répulsivement; déplaisamment; de façon rebutante [D'une manière repoussante ; de façon à dégoûter ou à faire reculer.]

L'odeur chimique envahissait repellently tout le laboratoire.

(Adverb) abstoßend; abweisend [Auf abstoßende oder widerwärtige Weise; in einer Art und Weise, die Ekel oder Ablehnung hervorruft.]

Der chemische Geruch erfüllte **repellently** das gesamte Labor.

(副詞) 嫌悪感を引き起こす様子で；不快な感じで。

化学薬品の臭いが不快なほど研究室全体に立ち込めた。

(advérbio) repulsivamente; de forma repulsiva; de maneira repelente [De maneira repulsiva ou repelente.]

O cheiro químico invadiu todo o laboratório de forma repulsiva.

Synonyms: repulsively offensively disgustingly revoltingly abhorrently odiously loathsomely nauseatingly Antonyms: attractively appealingly pleasantly delightfully
Word parts: re + pell + ent + ly

Related words

repel repulse repulsive compel compulsion compulsive compulsory dispel expel expulsion expulsive impel impulse impulsive propel

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