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grotesquely

Variant of grotesque

adjective

  1. in or of a style of painting, sculpture, etc. in which forms of persons and animals are intermingled as with foliage, flowers, or fruits in a fantastic or bizarre design
  2. characterized by distortions or striking incongruities in appearance, shape, or manner; fantastic; bizarre
  3. ludicrously eccentric or strange; ridiculous; absurd

noun

  1. a grotesque painting, sculpture, design, etc.
  2. a grotesque thing or quality

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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