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  • adverb With a bad smell.

Etymologies

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malodorous +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • What a truly appalling state of affairs that, without any reasonable basis so to do, an Apparatchik of the State will thus be given a power that is malodorously redolent of a Tin Pot One Party Banana Republic.

    They Cannot Send All Of Us To The Gulag 2008

  • Here was the passion of politics on the right, steaming and devout, and malodorously scented with polyester socks and cheap, overused shoes removed and carried inside by every congregant, to avoid them getting lost or stolen if left at the door.

    Let the Swords Encircle Me Scott Peterson 2010

  • What a truly appalling state of affairs that, without any reasonable basis so to do, an Apparatchik of the State will thus be given a power that is malodorously redolent of a Tin Pot One Party Banana Republic.

    Archive 2008-11-30 2008

  • He crouched with his arms around the pan, breathing heavily, sweating malodorously and watching the world

    Quite Ugly One Morning Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 1996

  • So as the Thetis crept agonizingly ahead, the bananas danced malodorously in the stateroom.

    Hawaii Michener, James 1959

  • And for that while, the figure went out of Manuel's saga, thus malodorously accompanied.

    Figures of Earth James Branch Cabell 1918

  • Israel tottered after her, leaving his predigested food untouched on his plate and his imitation coffee steaming malodorously in his cup.

    At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern Myrtle Reed 1892

  • These unfortunate sisters, who were rather malodorously called decayed gentlewomen, became eager and petted pupils of a new and popular organization called the South

    The Development of Embroidery in America Candace Wheeler 1875

  • My halibut in banana leaf, which comes garnished with a skewer of 3 shrimp, is a trifecta of disaster; bland, overcooked, and malodorously fishy-smelling - never a good sign.

    Taste T.O. - Food & Drink In Toronto 2009

  • I peer suspiciously at my co-workers lunches to see what they’re shoveling in there that comes out so malodorously.

    The Bog Report « XUP 2008

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