macabrely

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English macabre
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English macabrely

    From macabre + -ly.

    Adverb

    macabrely (comparative more macabrely, superlative most macabrely)

    1. In a macabre manner.
      • 1999, Sarah Iles Johnston, Restless Dead [1]
        When Heracles returns alive and victorious from Hades, he finds his family macabrely dressed in their funeral garments, awaiting death.

    References

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