salement
Meanings
Adverb
1. dirty, dirtily
2. Intensitive adverb : very, really. (in a bad way) "J'ai été salement amoché par une crise néphrétique" (André Gide, Letters) : "I've been really banged-up by renal crisis" (slang)
3. Related to the precedent (antiphrasis) : very, really (in a good way) " Faut acheter des sardines … C'est salement bon !" (Louis Pergaud, La Guerre des boutons) : "We got to buy sardines … It's really good !" (slang)
Examples3
Je suis salement trempé.
I'm pissed fucking wet through.
Tom s'est fait salement tabasser.
Tom has been beaten up pretty badly.
Il est salement enrhumé. Elle se fait beaucoup de soucis quant à sa santé.
He has been suffering from a bad cold. She is very anxious about his health.