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Definition of Sickeningly
1. Adverb. In a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree. "The beggar was disgustingly filthy"
Partainyms: Disgusting, Distasteful, Revolting, Sickening
Definition of Sickeningly
1. Adverb. (sometimes figurative) In a manner to sicken. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sickeningly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sickeningly
Literary usage of Sickeningly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (1860)
"... she must begin a new life, in which she would have to rouse herself to receive
new impressions; and she was so unspeakably, sickeningly weary! ..."
2. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (1860)
"... she must begin a new life, in which she would have to rouse herself to receive
new impressions; and she was so unspeakably, sickeningly weary! ..."
3. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (1860)
"... she must begin a new life, in which she would have to rouse herself to receive
new impressions— and she was so unspeakably, sickeningly weary ! ..."
4. Bushido, the Soul of Japan: An Exposition of Japanese Thought by Inazō Nitobe (1905)
"... and turning it in the wound, gave a slight cut upwards. During this sickeningly
painful operation he never moved a muscle of his face. ..."
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