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as in overly
beyond a normal or acceptable limit
our team wasn't merely bad—we were monstrously inept
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as in highly
to a large extent or degree
a monstrously expensive movie that nearly bankrupted the studio
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Recent Examples of monstrously
Most impressive Miami’s defense was monstrously good, doing its part toward a shutout, with a 78-yard punt return producing the Jets’ only score prior to a field goal.
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Miami Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
Left unsaid in his plan is that publicly subsidized, affordable housing has become monstrously expensive to construct because the public money triggers rules and process and reviews and negotiations that market-rate housing doesn’t contend with.
—Ezra Klein, Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2025
Boy never outstays its welcome, and the spooky goings-on lead to a climax when a ghostly black figure that has been haunting Indy finally, monstrously, appears to pull Todd to hell.
—Laura Martin, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
The Commandant is a monstrously charismatic figure, the kind of character that seizes all available oxygen.
—Katie Kitamura
august 21, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
Thanks to the Possibilists amongst us, some of these monstrously hard, brutally simple visions will one day become reality.
—Robert C. Wolcott, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Miami Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
Left unsaid in his plan is that publicly subsidized, affordable housing has become monstrously expensive to construct because the public money triggers rules and process and reviews and negotiations that market-rate housing doesn’t contend with.
—Ezra Klein, Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2025
Boy never outstays its welcome, and the spooky goings-on lead to a climax when a ghostly black figure that has been haunting Indy finally, monstrously, appears to pull Todd to hell.
—Laura Martin, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
The Commandant is a monstrously charismatic figure, the kind of character that seizes all available oxygen.
—Katie Kitamura
august 21, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
Thanks to the Possibilists amongst us, some of these monstrously hard, brutally simple visions will one day become reality.
—Robert C. Wolcott, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monstrously
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The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with less knowledge or skill feel overly confident.—
Dana Kelley,
Arkansas Online,
9 Jan. 2026
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Officials in Brussels, Berlin, and Paris viewed early proposals as overly concessive to Moscow, insufficiently safeguarding Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity — particularly regarding Donbas, Crimea, and possible concessions beyond current lines of control.—
Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Beachcombing is highly discouraged!—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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Or maybe because Jake isn’t as highly touted across 2026 NBA Draft boards.—
Mirin Fader,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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With the offices too small for his liking, Vince converted the executive conference room into his personal suite.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Her lips shine, too, with an ombré look in tawny brown hues, an effect created by makeup artist Bella Mayven with Charlotte Tilbury's Lip Cheat pencil in Foxy Brown and Big Lip Plumpgasm gloss in Nudegasm Diamonds.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
12 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Better yet, my hair-shedding has greatly improved.—
Alyssa Morin,
InStyle,
9 Jan. 2026
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Size can vary greatly between one Hatchimal and another.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The idea of a Russian doing academic research on Iraq was utterly befuddling to Maher and his colleagues.—
Elizabeth Tsurkov,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026
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My ego—what was left of it— was utterly defenseless.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
9 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The ball has gone through his hands considerably less than Denver’s other four starters so far.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
8 Nov. 2025
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But Deza, a lawyer who is considerably savvier than the public defenders that her case was previously foisted upon, takes an interest in the injustice and agrees to represent her pro-bono.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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It's been a much different season for Barkley compared to his first season in Philadelphia, but the matchup on paper against the Niners could lead to success for the Eagles.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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The Heat’s three-point shooting didn’t get much better in the second half, going 1 of 8 from behind the arc in the third quarter to shoot just 2 of 20 (10 percent) from three-point range through the first three quarters.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Monstrously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monstrously. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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