accursedly
- adverb
- /əˈkɜrsɪdli/
- Literature
- The weather was accursedly cold, making it hard to enjoy the outdoor festival.
Examples
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The task was accursedly difficult, and many gave up before finishing.
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She found herself accursedly trapped in a job that brought her no joy.
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He hadn't expected to succeed with even one of the accursedly stubborn females, but in the case of Deirdre, he found an ally in the queen.
Fiction book (1992) -
He looked midships for Henderson, thought again of the blackjacked look in the cook's eyes when the passenger had sworn them off, and made his way down an accursedly icy ladder and aft.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
In a very bad or shocking way
To happen in a very bad or unpleasant way
Shows that something is very bad, unpleasant, or extreme
In a very bad or extreme way
Makes people feel shocked or disgusted
In a way that makes you feel bad or uncomfortable
In a very cruel and shocking way
In an angry and hurtful way
In a very rude and cruel way
In a very intense and unpleasant way
In a very bad and unpleasant way
In a very bad or shocking way
In a way that is very bad or annoying
In a very cruel and unfair way
In a way that makes people strongly dislike someone
In a way that shows strong disgust and moral disapproval
In a very annoying and unpleasant way
In a way that makes people feel strong dislike or disgust
In a way that makes people feel very disgusted or angry
In a rude way about religious things
Antonyms
How Cursed
- Literature
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Accursedly comes from accursed, which is linked to the familiar word curse meaning 'a spell or a very strong bad wish'. The ending -ly makes it a word that shows how something is done, so accursedly means 'in a cursed or extremely unpleasant way'.