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hella

[ hel-uh ]

/ ˈhɛl ə /

Slang.

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adverb

very; extremely: Those pictures were hella good.

adjective

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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She also, as becomes nakedly clear on the stretch of tracks that fellows, is allowed to be hella dirty.
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Hella thinks it was the marzipan, for they were large ones at 20 hellers each because nuts lie heavy on the stomach.
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Hella says that Berta Franke in our class knows all about it.
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Hella is painting a paperknife in imitation of tarsia mosaic.
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Hella says that I put both my arms round her neck, but I'm sure that's all imagination, for I should never have dared.
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In the evening Oswald said: "two or three years more, and Hella will look ripping."
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