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atrociously

[ UK /ɐtɹˈə‍ʊʃəsli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. to an extravagant or immoderate degree
    atrociously expensive
  2. in a terrible manner
    she sings terribly

How To Use atrociously In A Sentence

  • On Thursday Woods hit the ball decently and putted atrociously. Tiger Woods struggles again but makes the cut at Fry.com Open
  • There are plenty of grown-ups who could give a hoot about anything to do with the poorly-written, atrociously-acted mess that is Twilight. This week's cover: 'New Moon' Exclusive: Which of Robert Pattinson's costars does he find the most difficult? His hair. | EW.com
  • So I feel very disquieted by any suggestion that this is a memoir showing people how possible it is to make the most of a bad start, how to love parents who have behaved atrociously, how to somehow miraculously rise above trauma out of sheer good will. The Glass Castle « Tales from the Reading Room
  • In return for their favor he acted so atrociously that no poet ever tried to explain his conduct.
  • In return for their favor he acted so atrociously that no poet ever tried to explain his conduct.
  • The British press has been atypically lenient in its review of his atrociously indecorous behaviour.
  • Given the way mothers have been atrociously treated, who can blame young women for not being prepared to take the risk.
  • He had written the note from memory, word perfect, and spelled atrociously.
  • The fine literary novelist Philip Hensher—whose "King of the Badgers" had been widely expected to feature on the list—had the most vinegary line on the subject: "Perhaps one shouldn't be surprised," he wrote in a column in the Sunday Telegraph, "since four of the five judges have themselves written thrillers in an amateur capacity—some quite good, some, such as chair of the judges Dame Stella Rimington's faltering efforts, atrociously bad. Kapow! Superheroes Still Pack a Punch
  • atrociously expensive
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