dysphemistically

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

dysphemistic +‎ -ally

Adverb[edit]

dysphemistically (comparative more dysphemistically, superlative most dysphemistically)

  1. 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.