Cataclysmically

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a cataclysmic way.

    "As the dust settles on the Supreme Court’s cataclysmically destabilizing term, a very persistent question has bubbled up among the law professor commentariat: How the hell are we going to teach all this?"

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disastrouslygrievously

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"As the dust settles on the Supreme Court’s cataclysmically destabilizing term, a very persistent question has bubbled up among the law professor commentariat: How the hell are we going to teach all this?"

Etymology

From cataclysmic + -ally.

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