grislily

adv

grislily

adv

Etymology From grisly + -ly.

1

In a grisly manner.

  • On the other hand no number of readings of Œdipus can diminish the horror of the dénouement; and at the fiftieth performance of Die Götterdämmerung our flesh creeps as grislily at the entrance of Siegfried in the guise of Gunther as it did at first.1919, Ernest Newman, A Musical Motley, page 151:

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