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repulsively |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Repulsive \Re*pul"sive\ (-s?v), a. [Cf. F. r['e]pulsif.] 1. Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as a repulsive force. Repulsive of his might the weapon stood. --Pope. 2. Cold; forbidding; offensive; as repulsive manners. -- {Re*pul"sive*ly}, adv -- {Re*pul"sive*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: repulsively adv : in an offensive and hateful manner; "I don't know anyone who could have behaved so abominably" [syn: {detestably}, {abominably}, {odiously}]
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