foul
adjective
grossly offensive to the senses; disgustingly loathsome; noisome.
foully
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a word derived from
foul.
Example Sentences
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Ms. Sampson doesn’t minimize Percy’s infidelities, depicting them as foully traumatic for Mary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2018
A foul tale foully told, the Israeli horror flick “Big Bad Wolves” begins on a dreamy, once-upon-a-time note with three children playing hide-and-seek.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2014
Giamatti’s character, the sweaty, hovel-dwelling Benno Levin, summarizes his principled objections to Packer’s existence concisely: “You are foully, berserkly rich.”
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2012
The moguls who ran the movie world treated her foully.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 3, 2012
In one corner stood a potbellied stove, hissing softly, surrounded by a semicircle of limp boots and draped with wet woollen socks, which steamed foully.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
