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
In the interval Hella walked past Anneliese and said out loud: "Traitress!!"
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Just before 12 Hella and I were summoned to the head's room again.
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No one ever had a friend like Hella, and she is so brave and clever.
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"You should never trust anyone," says Hella, and she's perfectly right.
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Of course Hella told the lieutenant that she was a colonel's daughter.
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