English
repulsively
From repulsive + -ly.
A compound of repulsive + -ly
Latin repulsus ‘having been rejected, repulsed, repelled’
Medieval Latin repulsivus
Middle French repulsif
English repulsive
Today it means
adv In a repulsive manner.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “repulsively”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / repulsively