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词汇 grotesquely
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Definition of grotesquely in English:

grotesquely

adverb ɡrə(ʊ)ˈtɛskliɡroʊˈtɛskli
  • 1In a comically or repulsively ugly or distorted manner.

    both men have fingers that are twisted grotesquely
    as submodifier his body was grotesquely swollen
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the drawings each muscle is significantly over-developed and, at times, grotesquely out of proportion.
    • One of my cats now has a grotesquely swollen stomach.
    • The sailors affected were so grotesquely swollen that they were essentially unrecognizable.
    • Their bodies appear broken and almost grotesquely malformed.
    • I saw a row of five brightly colored portraits of a wild-haired, grotesquely made-up young woman in a floral-print dress.
    • Some of his figures, especially the grotesquely curvaceous fat ladies, are descendants of the 18th-century caricatures of Thomas Rowlandson.
    • Their grotesquely enlarged features give them a monstrous quality.
    • The character is an old, hunchbacked lady with grotesquely misshapen teeth.
    • His face was grotesquely contorted into a toothless smile.
    • He began to suffer from weakness and insomnia and bouts of breathlessness and his legs became grotesquely bloated with dropsy.
    1. 1.1 In an incongruous or shockingly inappropriate manner.
      a cop who grotesquely abused his power
      as submodifier a grotesquely unfair tax system
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It's a truly grotesquely dreadful programme.
      • He occasionally invents grotesquely exaggerated success stories in a self-mocking parody of his frustrated bourgeois ambitions.
      • Like watching a train wreck in slow motion, the sight is grotesquely compelling.
      • The army's response was either wholly unwarranted or grotesquely disproportionate.
      • It would be grotesquely unfair to freeze the housing market.
      • People who watch TV are not stupid, and they know when someone is grotesquely overpaid.
      • Ministers must bring an end to this harrowing, grotesquely unjust process.
      • Not to do it now would be grotesquely irresponsible.
      • The film is about what happens following this grotesquely ill-advised decision.
      • Grotesquely oversized houses are squeezed into normal-sized lots.

Definition of grotesquely in US English:

grotesquely

adverbɡrōˈtesklēɡroʊˈtɛskli
  • 1In a comically or repulsively ugly or distorted manner.

    both men have fingers that are twisted grotesquely
    as submodifier his body was grotesquely swollen
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Their bodies appear broken and almost grotesquely malformed.
    • His face was grotesquely contorted into a toothless smile.
    • He began to suffer from weakness and insomnia and bouts of breathlessness and his legs became grotesquely bloated with dropsy.
    • In the drawings each muscle is significantly over-developed and, at times, grotesquely out of proportion.
    • I saw a row of five brightly colored portraits of a wild-haired, grotesquely made-up young woman in a floral-print dress.
    • Their grotesquely enlarged features give them a monstrous quality.
    • The sailors affected were so grotesquely swollen that they were essentially unrecognizable.
    • One of my cats now has a grotesquely swollen stomach.
    • Some of his figures, especially the grotesquely curvaceous fat ladies, are descendants of the 18th-century caricatures of Thomas Rowlandson.
    • The character is an old, hunchbacked lady with grotesquely misshapen teeth.
    1. 1.1 In an incongruous or shockingly inappropriate manner.
      a cop who grotesquely abused his power
      as submodifier a grotesquely unfair tax system
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Like watching a train wreck in slow motion, the sight is grotesquely compelling.
      • It would be grotesquely unfair to freeze the housing market.
      • He occasionally invents grotesquely exaggerated success stories in a self-mocking parody of his frustrated bourgeois ambitions.
      • Not to do it now would be grotesquely irresponsible.
      • It's a truly grotesquely dreadful programme.
      • The army's response was either wholly unwarranted or grotesquely disproportionate.
      • The film is about what happens following this grotesquely ill-advised decision.
      • Ministers must bring an end to this harrowing, grotesquely unjust process.
      • People who watch TV are not stupid, and they know when someone is grotesquely overpaid.
      • Grotesquely oversized houses are squeezed into normal-sized lots.
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