gruesomely

English

Etymology

From gruesome +‎ -ly.

Adverb

gruesomely (comparative more gruesomely, superlative most gruesomely)

  1. In a gruesome manner.
    • 2020 February 6, Alicia Lee, “Netflix is finally letting you stop previews from automatically playing. Here’s how to do it”, in CNN Business‎[1], archived from the original on 20 December 2025:
      The trailer for the documentary about killer Luka Magnotta doesn’t show anything graphic, but it contains clips of him handling kittens. The trailer goes on to explain that Magnotta gruesomely abuses these kittens.
    • 2022 July 28, Jeannette Catsoulis, “‘Resurrection’ Review: Mother of Fears”, in The New York Times‎[2], archived from the original on 30 September 2022:
      Somewhere near the end of “Resurrection,” a sleek, hurtling, ridiculously entertaining horror movie from Andrew Semans, there’s a scene of such gruesomely bonkers intent that I actually gasped.
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