Crashingly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    While crashing, or as if crashing

    "He stumbled crashingly around the apartment."

  2. 2
    Absolutely; terribly

    "It is almost 50 years since Western dancers first tried to cure the Russians of this crashingly vulgar habit."

Example

More examples

"He stumbled crashingly around the apartment."

Etymology

From crashing + -ly.

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