putrid
adjective
in a state of foul decay or decomposition, as animal or vegetable matter; rotten.
putridly
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a word derived from
putrid.
Example Sentences
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I don’t know what they changed, but they must have changed something for the service to work so well for five months and so putridly after that.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2023
It was all eyes—wolfish and mocking—and the rugose insect-like head dissolved at the top to a thin stream of mist which curled putridly about and finally vanished up the chimney.
From The Shunned House by H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft
