heinously

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heinously - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Heinous \Hei"nous\ (h[=a]"n[u^]s), a. [OF. ha["i]nos hateful, F.
     haineux, fr. OF. ha["i]ne hate, F. haine, fr. ha["i]r to
     hate; of German origin. See Hate.]
     Hateful; hatefully bad; flagrant; odious; atrocious; giving
     great offense; -- applied to deeds or to character.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           It were most heinous and accursed sacrilege. --Hooker.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           How heinous had the fact been, how deserving
           Contempt!                                --Milton.
  
     Syn: Monstrous; flagrant; flagitious; atrocious. --
          Hei"nous*ly, adv. -- Hei"nous*ness, n.
          [1913 Webster]

heinously - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  heinously
      adv 1: in a terribly evil manner; "the child was heinously
             murdered" [syn: heinously, monstrously]