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repulsively

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re·pul·sive  (r-plsv)
adj.
1. Causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting. See Synonyms at offensive.
2. Tending to repel or drive off.
3. Physics Opposing in direction: a repulsive force.
re·pulsive·ly adv.
re·pulsive·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.repulsively - in an offensive and hateful mannerrepulsively - in an offensive and hateful manner; "I don't know anyone who could have behaved so abominably"
abominably, detestably, odiously
Translations
repulsively [rɪˈpʌlsɪvlɪ] ADV → de modo repulsivo, de modo repugnante
repulsively ugly → tan feo que da/daba asco
repulsively [rɪˈpʌlsɪvli] adv
repulsively ugly → d'une laideur repoussante
repulsively large → d'une grosseur repoussante
a repulsively large rat → un rat d'une grosseur repoussante
repulsively
adv → abstoßend, widerwärtig; repulsively ugly → abstoßend hässlich
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He felt that he could not turn aside from himself the hatred of men, because that hatred did not come from his being bad (in that case he could have tried to be better), but from his being shamefully and repulsively unhappy.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
And even that ruined and befouled house- which in dull weather was repulsively ugly- seemed quietly beautiful now, in the clear, motionless brilliance.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
The consequence was, that he waxed more fulsomely tender, and more repulsively warm, and I was driven to the very verge of desperation, and about to say I know not what, when I felt my hand, that hung over the arm of the sofa, suddenly taken by another and gently but fervently pressed.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte, Anne View in context
 
 
 
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