appallingly

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   to an appalling extent

   the prisoners were appallingly thin

2. 2
   adv

   In an appalling manner.

   She performed appallingly on standard neurological tests, which are, as Sacks perceptively notes, specifically designed to deconstruct the whole person into a stack of 'abilities'.

Etymology

From appalling + -ly.