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Repugnantly

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re·pug·nant  (r-pgnnt)
adj.
1. Arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive: morally repugnant behavior.
2. Logic Contradictory; inconsistent.

[Middle English, antagonistic, from Old French, from Latin repugnns, repugnant-, present participle of repugnre, to fight against; see repugn.]

re·pugnant·ly adv.


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