appallingly

adv

appallingly

adv

US /ʌˈpɑlɪŋli/

Etymology From appalling + -ly.

1

In an appalling manner.

  • She performed appallingly on standard neurological tests, which are, as Sacks perceptively notes, specifically designed to deconstruct the whole person into a stack of 'abilities'.1997, Guy Claxton, Hare brain, tortoise mind: why intelligence increases when you think less:

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