dysphemistically
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dysphemistic + -ally.
Adverb
[edit]dysphemistically (comparative more dysphemistically, superlative most dysphemistically)
- In a dysphemistic manner. [1930s]
- Antonym: euphemistically
- 1933, Gerrit Albertus van Dongen, Amelioratives in English, volume 1, page 12:
- They then give some twenty slang expressions used dysphemistically as a designation for a house or place of residence.