uglily

English

Etymology

ugly +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adverb

uglily (comparative more uglily, superlative most uglily)

1. In an ugly manner.
   • 1921, James Branch Cabell, “The Crown of Wisdom”, in Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances, Robert M[edill] McBride & Co., part one (The Book of Credit), page 56:

     “One thing at least is certain,” remarked King Helmas, frowning uglily, “and it is that among the Peohtes all persons who dispute our prophecies are burned at the stake.”

   • 1925, Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway‎^[1], London: The Hogarth Press, →OCLC:

     Food was pleasant; the sun hot; and this killing oneself, how does one set about it, with a table knife, uglily, with floods of blood,—by sucking a gaspipe?

Usage notes

Because of the difficult pronunciation, this word is seldom used in formal speech. It is more usual to say (and write) in an ugly manner or in an ugly way.

Anagrams

• gluily