hellishly
2
8.8
- adverb
- /ˈhɛlɪʃli/
:
infernalmente
- After running a marathon, he felt hellishly exhausted and needed to rest.
- hellishly hot
- hellishly long
It will be hellishly bad work, he wrote, so for once I won't have a chance to worry and feel like hell all summer.
- It will be hellishly bad work, he wrote, so for once I won't have a chance to worry and feel like hell all summer.
Examples
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The next phase would probably be one of those hellishly intense introspective nightmares.
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Native history is hellishly complicated and full of ins and outs that you can't possibly begin to imagine unless you've actually gone out there and read it.
Blog text (34) -
It's hellishly hard for me to ask for help.
Blog text (30) -
The whole bloody, hellishly expensive campaign did nothing.
Blog text (9) -
It was almost hellishly perfect.
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She'd said she was hellishly homesick for California, where there was sun, and saw no reason to go on living without it.
Fiction book (1999) -
I have been on drilling rigs in the Amazon region of Peru, and it is hellishly expensive to operate out there.
Blog text (24) -
It's also possible that he's in the middle of a hellishly confusing emotional shitstorm and is groping for a way to handle it properly.
Blog text (30) -
It's an old story to be betrayed by one's good intentions, for one man's sincere attempts at heroism to backfire in hellishly spectacular ways.
Blog text (24) -
The conditions in the stadium were hellishly oppressive during the summer concert.
Synonyms
378
1.0
In a very bad way
142
6.1
In a cruel or very harsh way that causes harm
126
3.5
In a very bad or shocking way
70
3.0
To happen in a very bad or unpleasant way
49
3.5
In a severe or unkind way that feels unpleasant
34
5.7
In a cruel and violent way
18
5.5
In a very ugly or shocking way
18
4.4
Shows that something is very bad, unpleasant, or extreme
16
8.2
In a very painful or strong way
6
5.5
In a very bad or extreme way
6
7.2
In a way that causes great harm, pain, or sadness
6
6.8
Makes people feel shocked or disgusted
5
6.3
In an evil and cruel way that harms other people
5
6.5
In a way that is very frightening or very strong to show how serious something is
5
2.7
In a way that makes you feel bad or uncomfortable
5
6.8
In a very cruel and shocking way
4
7.4
In a way that causes very strong physical pain or deep worry
4
6.2
To a very great degree
3
6.0
In a way that is very shocking or frightening
3
6.7
In a way that makes people feel very afraid or shocked
3
8.4
In a very evil way
3
2.9
In a way that is very strong or extreme
2
6.8
In a very sad and unhappy way
1
8.4
To do something in a very shocking and cruel way
1
7.0
In a very bad and unpleasant way
1
7.4
In a very bad or shocking way
1
8.8
In a way that is very bad or annoying
1
7.2
In a way that feels very painful or shocking
1
8.9
In a very evil way
1
8.2
In a very cruel and unfair way
1
7.5
It happens in a very unpleasant and frightening way
In a way that is very bad or annoying
In a very annoying and unpleasant way
In a way that causes someone a lot of pain or worry
In a cruel way showing pleasure at others' pain
In a way that shows great fear or warns of danger
To an extremely large degree
Antonyms
How Unpleasant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hellishly comes from hell, meaning 'a place of great pain or punishment', plus the ending -ish meaning 'like' and -ly, which makes the word tell how something is done. So, to do something hellishly is to do it in a very bad, intense, or extreme way, because the idea of 'hell' gives the word a sense of strong unpleasantness.