hella
[hel-uh]Slang.
- very; extremely: Those pictures were hella good.
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- great in number, measure, or degree; many; much: We all ate hella cake last night.
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Origin of hella
First recorded in 1980–85; probably shortening of helluva
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Examples from the Web for hella
Contemporary Examples
She also, as becomes nakedly clear on the stretch of tracks that fellows, is allowed to be hella dirty.
Historical Examples
I am so unhappy; Hella consoles me as much as she can, but even she can't understand.
A Young Girl's DiaryAn Anonymous Young Girl
Of course Hella told the lieutenant that she was a colonel's daughter.
A Young Girl's DiaryAn Anonymous Young Girl
No, I never should have thought that Hella would prove to have been right in that matter.
A Young Girl's DiaryAn Anonymous Young Girl
Hella agrees, and we are really connoisseurs in the matter of sweets.
A Young Girl's DiaryAn Anonymous Young Girl
If Hella had not been absent to-day because of — —, she might have been able to whisper it to me.
A Young Girl's DiaryAn Anonymous Young Girl