英和和英

発音

• IPA: /ˈhɪd.i.əs.li/

副詞

hideously (comparative more hideously, superlative most hideously)

1. In a hideous manner.
2. (degree) To an extreme degree.
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Phantom Rickshaw”, in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co., page 9:

     Speaking now as a condemned criminal might speak ere the drop-bolts are drawn, my story, wild and hideously improbable as it may appear, demands at least attention.

   • 1994 February 20, Anne Groer, “Sunday Travel: Tips”, in The Washington Post:

     Pack a larger-than-normal hypochondria kit that includes sunscreen, plastic bandages and allergy pills. Such things are hard to find or hideously expensive.