Heinously

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heinous \Hei"nous\ (h[=a]"n[u^]s), a. [OF. ha["i]nos hateful, F.
     haineux, fr. OF. ha["i]ne hate, F. haine, fr. ha["i]r to
     hate; of German origin. See {Hate}.]
     Hateful; hatefully bad; flagrant; odious; atrocious; giving
     great offense; -- applied to deeds or to character.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           It were most heinous and accursed sacrilege. --Hooker.
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           How heinous had the fact been, how deserving
           Contempt!                                --Milton.
  
     Syn: Monstrous; flagrant; flagitious; atrocious. --
          {Hei"nous*ly}, adv. -- {Hei"nous*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  heinously
       adv : in a terribly evil manner; "the child was heinously
             murdered" [syn: {monstrously}]