monstrous
adjective
frightful or hideous, especially in appearance; extremely ugly.
monstrously
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a word derived from
monstrous.
Example Sentences
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In the modern game, which has become overrun by monstrously tall super-athletes who can swish 3-pointers as easily as they throw down dunks, every franchise is searching far and wide for the next big thing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2025
Formerly, if one behaved monstrously, one was judged accordingly.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2025
“The sentence is monstrously harsh,” the doctor’s lawyer, Oskar Cherdzhiyev, told me.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2024
And divorce could be monstrously expensive, which put it out of reach of almost everyone.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2024
It served him right because he had been so monstrously naughty.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
