'Heinously' definitions:
Definition of 'heinously'
From: WordNet
adverb
In a terribly evil manner; "the child was heinously murdered" [syn: heinously, monstrously]
Definition of 'Heinously'
From: GCIDE
- Heinous \Hei"nous\ (h[=a]"n[u^]s), a. [OF. ha["i]nos hateful, F. haineux, fr. OF. ha["i]ne hate, F. haine, fr. ha["i]r to hate; of German origin. See Hate.] Hateful; hatefully bad; flagrant; odious; atrocious; giving great offense; -- applied to deeds or to character. [1913 Webster]
- It were most heinous and accursed sacrilege. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- How heinous had the fact been, how deserving Contempt! --Milton.
- Syn: Monstrous; flagrant; flagitious; atrocious. -- {Hei"nous*ly}, adv. -- {Hei"nous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]