hella

[hel-uh]

adverb

1. very; extremely.

   Those pictures were hella good.

adjective

1. great in number, measure, or degree; many; much.

   We all ate hella cake last night.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hella¹

First recorded in 1980–85; probably shortening of helluva

Example Sentences

My jazz instructor Mr. O put me onto hella jazz.

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"It's just a lot of observation," said Hella Van Den Beemt, the centre's lead therapist.

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“I’d be hella awake if I went to work after this,” Ballesteros said.

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The song has been used in various TikTok memes, and Cosmopolitan put it top of its playlist of Sad Songs to Blast When You're Feeling Hella Moody.

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“Oakland in ’87 was hella wild,” gloats rapper Too Short, the film’s narrator.

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