Atrociously

/əˈtroʊʃəsli/ adverb

In an extremely wicked, cruel, or brutal manner; in a shockingly bad way.

From Latin 'atrocis' (cruel, savage, literally 'blackened') derived from 'ater' (black, dark). The adverb form adds '-ly' to 'atrocious,' evolving from descriptions of dark deeds to any extremely awful behavior or quality.

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