If you describe something as ~, you mean that it is shocking or disgusting.
These were ~ experiences...
The scale of the problem is ~.
= appalling
ADJ
~ly
...~ly high levels of infant mortality...
ADV: ADV adj, ADV with v
If you describe something as ~, you mean that it is shocking or disgusting.
These were ~ experiences...
The scale of the problem is ~.
= appalling
ADJ
~ly
...~ly high levels of infant mortality...
ADV: ADV adj, ADV with v
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012