grotesquely

Words with a similar base: grotesquely

'grotesquely'

[grotesquely.r.01] as in: in a grotesque manner

Examples:
behind the house lay two nude figures grotesquely bald, with deliberate knife-slashes marking their bodies

Origins

					grotesquely (English)
├── -ly (English)
│   ├── -lice (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── -ly (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── grotesque (English)
    └── grotesque (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
        └── grottesco (Italian)
            └── grotta (Italian)
                └── grupta (Latin)

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