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The corporate world is appallingly bad at capitalizing on the strengths of its people.
Marcus Buckingham

Meaning of "appallingly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF APPALLINGLY

appallingly  [əˈpɔːlɪŋlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF APPALLINGLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Appallingly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES APPALLINGLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of appallingly in the English dictionary

The definition of appallingly in the dictionary is very badly. Other definition of appallingly is to a regrettably great extent or degree.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH APPALLINGLY


appealingly
əˈpiːlɪŋlɪ
concealingly
kənˈsiːlɪŋlɪ
coolingly
ˈkuːlɪŋlɪ
crawlingly
ˈkrɔːlɪŋlɪ
drawlingly
ˈdrɔːlɪŋlɪ
forefeelingly
fɔːˈfiːlɪŋlɪ
freewheelingly
ˌfriːˈwiːlɪŋlɪ
gallingly
ˈɡɔːlɪŋlɪ
healingly
ˈhiːlɪŋlɪ
pulingly
ˈpjuːlɪŋlɪ
reelingly
ˈriːlɪŋlɪ
revealingly
rɪˈviːlɪŋlɪ
scrawlingly
ˈskrɔːlɪŋlɪ
snarlingly
ˈsnɑːlɪŋlɪ
sterlingly
ˈstɜːlɪŋlɪ
swirlingly
ˈswɜːlɪŋlɪ
toe-curlingly
ˈtəʊˌkɜːlɪŋlɪ
unappealingly
ˌʌnəˈpiːlɪŋlɪ
unfeelingly
ʌnˈfiːlɪŋlɪ
whirlingly
ˈwɜːlɪŋlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE APPALLINGLY

appair
appal
Appalachia
Appalachian
Appalachian Mountains
Appalachians
appall
appalled
appalling
Appaloosa
appalto
appanage
appanaged
apparat
apparatchik
apparatus
apparatus criticus
apparel
apparelled
apparelling

WORDS THAT END LIKE APPALLINGLY

accordingly
amazingly
astonishingly
correspondingly
exceedingly
increasingly
interestingly
irritatingly
knowingly
livingly
lovingly
overwhelmingly
seemingly
shockingly
sickeningly
singly
strikingly
strongly
stunningly
surprisingly
willingly

Synonyms and antonyms of appallingly in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «appallingly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF APPALLINGLY

Find out the translation of appallingly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of appallingly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «appallingly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

令人吃惊
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

espantosamente
570 millions of speakers

English

appallingly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

appallingly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مروع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ужасающе
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

appallingly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

appallingly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

épouvantablement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengerikan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

erschreckend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

呆れるほど
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

섬뜩
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngguyu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đáng kinh sợ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எங்களை அதிர்ச்சிதரும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भयावह
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dehşet verici
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spaventosamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zatrważająco
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

страхітливо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

îngrozitor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τρομερά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verskriklik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förfärande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forferdelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of appallingly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «APPALLINGLY»

The term «appallingly» is quite widely used and occupies the 51.916 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «APPALLINGLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about appallingly

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3 QUOTES WITH «APPALLINGLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word appallingly.
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Marcus Buckingham
The corporate world is appallingly bad at capitalizing on the strengths of its people.
2
Albert Einstein
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
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Malcolm Wallop
Our educational system is appallingly poor right now. Yet, somehow we're turning out some of the most intellectual and powerful sophisticated minds in the world. I think that's because we still have the opportunity here.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APPALLINGLY»

Discover the use of appallingly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to appallingly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Better English Pronunciation
These are the words which carry most of the meaning in a word group : for example, suppose that in answer to the question How was John ? you say : He was in an appallingly bad temper. The first four words are not specially helpful to the ...
J. D. O'Connor, 1980
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Clio in the Clinic: History in Medical Practice
An. 'Appallingly. Sudden. Death'. Explained. Seventy-Six. Years. Later. T. JOCK. MURRAY. My story of how history can inform the present is circular rather than linear. It began with a plaintive request of a surgeon in 1909 asking if any doctor  ...
Jacalyn Duffin, 2005
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Spy
reserved for Heather Foley p appallingly powerful ~f\ not to be trifled with not to be ignored ~f\ can safely be ignored ^ not to be recognized <0? CHARTING SOME SAMPLE SPOUSES A. Beryl Ann Bentsen Tipper Gore (June 1992) C. Tipper ...
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Celtic Paranoia: the Laptop Loyal Diaries
Any straight arm salute could be interpreted as an appallingly offensive act in the heart ofIsrael” You don't say! Why did nobody tell the Teds this beforehand? How were they supposed to know? I mean... how many of us can honestly say we've ...
Anthony Hamilton, 2010
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Ordinary Enchantments: Magical Realism and the ...
It deals with what Naipaul has called 'half-made' societies, in which the impossibly old struggles against the appallingly new.'"'8 Note how Rushdie's formulation of "impossibly old" combined with "appallingly new" aptly encapsulates both the ...
Wendy B. Faris, 2004
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Mother is Gold: A Study in West African Literature
Men treated each other appallingly in the past; they treat each other appallingly in the present; they will treat each other appallingly in the future. Indeed, the play reaches a triumphant climax of gloom when Forest Head commands that the ...
Adrian A. Roscoe, 1971
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Arguments that Count: Physics, Computing, and Missile ...
2 Framing an "Appallingly Complex" System One of the next things we have to try to do is to design a computer system, which is a big set of electronic hardware that does mathematics at a faster rate than it can be done in any other way.
Rebecca Slayton, 2013
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Systems Intelligence - Discovering a Hidden Competence in ...
believe. that. an. appallingly. all other components of the system be subordinated in accordance with the decision made to exploit the. large. portion. of. a. team's. system's constraint. In the context of teamwork this. efforts,. in. particular. related.
Raimo P. Hamalainen and Esa Saarinen (eds.), 2004
9
American Modernism and Depression Documentary
and. the. like.57. William. Stott. vividly. (if. appallingly). testifies. to. this tradition and its limitations in his influential Documentary Expression and Thirties America (1973), claiming, “The poor, the primitive, and the young are the natural heroes of .
Jeff Allred, 2009
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Secrets of Simplicity
It. has. become. appallingly. obvious. that. our. technology. has. exceeded. our. humanity. ALBERT EINSTEIN the lure of technology As I mentioned earlier, the technology available to us today spurs us to always be doing more. And the ...
Mary Carlomagno, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «APPALLINGLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term appallingly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Public asked to help on indigenous vote
Indigenous leader Pat Dodson said the constitution was appallingly racist but warned political hurdles like an anti-discrimination clause would ... «Yahoo7 News, Jul 15»
2
Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis resigns
The (conservative) Governor behaved appallingly last week. He took the side of the troika and repeated their Armageddon warnings and tried ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
'I'm low maintenance. Life isn't about possessions'
... in a narrow society driven purely by commerce and where the gap between rich and poor, white and black is inexcusably, appallingly wide.”. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
The Guardian view on Greece's no vote: eight days that shook a …
It was an appallingly presumptuous path to go down. Now, after Greece has said no, Mr Tsipras's future is not the immediate question. It is the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
Wimbledon's new Superbrat Nick Kyrgios lets slip a hint of insecurity
... courageous in the shot, inventive and – when not being appallingly rude to officials – entertaining fans with the sort of easy banter you would ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
6
A Question for Trump Critics: What If Kathryn Steinle Had Been Black?
... Macy's and NASCAR — sound appallingly racist. There is no way in the world these Republican candidates would say what they have said if ... «American Spectator, Jul 15»
7
Choosing Misery: The Culture of Victimhood and Ingratitude
... and this thinking has directly contributed to the decline of our civilization, one in which far too many people are now appallingly ineffectual, ... «American Thinker, Jul 15»
8
Reflecting on Phil Walsh and the weekend that was
Domestic violence and tragedy are an unfortunate, unthinkable and appallingly common everyday occurrence in society within Australia, and ... «The Roar, Jul 15»
9
Same-sex marriage may wed some to a new tax bracket
While married same-sex couples can now share in a bunch of appallingly long-overdue legal and financial protections, I'm betting a higher tax ... «The Detroit News, Jul 15»
10
Petition to give 'urgent attention' to Penkridge Station
"This appallingly unkempt building is the first thing visitors to Penkridge see as they leave the train to make their way into our beautiful village. «Staff Newsletter, Jul 15»

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