a. [ OE. monstruous, F. monstrueux, fr. L. monstruosus, fr. monstrum. See Monster. ]
He, therefore, that refuses to do good to them whom he is bound to love . . . is unnatural and monstrous in his affections. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
So bad a death argues a monstrous life. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Where thou, perhaps, under the whelming tide
Visitest the bottom of the monstrous world. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Exceedingly; very; very much. “A monstrous thick oil on the top.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
And will be monstrous witty on the poor. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a monstrous manner; unnaturally; extraordinarily;
n. The state or quality of being monstrous, unusual, extraordinary. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]