"eye-gougingly" meaning in English

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Adverb

Etymology: eye + gouging + -ly, suggesting that one would gouge out one's own eyes rather than look at something so ugly. Etymology templates: {{af|en|eye|gouging|-ly}} eye + gouging + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} eye-gougingly (not comparable)
  1. (informal) hideously; with an extreme degree of ugliness Tags: informal, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-eye-gougingly-en-adv-hIMLXAXI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly

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          "ref": "2012, Mary Dery, I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts, page 183",
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