hella

[hel-uh]Slang.

adverb

very; extremely: Those pictures were hella good.

adjective

great in number, measure, or degree; many; much: We all ate hella cake last night.

Origin of hella

First recorded in 1980–85; probably shortening of helluva

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Contemporary Examples of hella

She also, as becomes nakedly clear on the stretch of tracks that fellows, is allowed to be hella dirty.
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Historical Examples of hella

I am so unhappy; Hella consoles me as much as she can, but even she can't understand.
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An Anonymous Young Girl
Of course Hella told the lieutenant that she was a colonel's daughter.
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No, I never should have thought that Hella would prove to have been right in that matter.
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Hella agrees, and we are really connoisseurs in the matter of sweets.
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An Anonymous Young Girl
If Hella had not been absent to-day because of — —, she might have been able to whisper it to me.
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An Anonymous Young Girl