grotesquely [
grəu'teskli]
ad. 奇异地,荒诞地
grotesquely[ adv ]
in a grotesque manner
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behind the house lay two nude figures grotesquely bald, with deliberate knife-slashes marking their bodies
Grotesquely \Gro*tesque"ly\, adv.
In a grotesque manner.
- But it would be grotesquely misleading to describe units such as the 14th army in Moldova or the 201st rifle division in Tajikistan as 'peacekeeping forces'.
- The American public, to its great credit, seems to sense that something grotesquely unfair is going on here.
- The Chinamen (sic) are quite grotesquely parodied with silly grins and silly walks.
- It is understandable that he should object to having a wife foisted on him by the King of France, but that is no reason why he should be so grotesquely rude to her.
- The crash ripped off one wing and two engines, tore three gaping holes in the fuselage and left the crippled aircraft with its tail dangling and its nose twisted grotesquely to one side.
- Macroeconomics founders upon a grotesquely elitist premise, namely that manipulation of aggregate demand or money supply or some other "macro" variable can homogenize the behavior of millions of individuals.
- All kids suspect as much, but Charlotte's suspicion was deeply reinforced by her grotesquely fat and self-obsessed mother, who constantly insisted that the hospital switched babies on her.
- The capital's radio stations cut into programs to report which areas are being hit _ in between commercial breaks with bouncy jingles advertising scotch or hairsprays that seem grotesquely out of place.