Gobsmackingly

adv, slang

adv, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Astonishingly; amazingly. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang

    "1992, Mark Lewisohn, Root Into Europe, BBC Guide to Comedy Astonishingly blunt, completely oblivious to the fact that his opinions and rudeness might be alien or offensive to others, and gobsmackingly ignorant of any other point of view."

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"1992, Mark Lewisohn, Root Into Europe, BBC Guide to Comedy Astonishingly blunt, completely oblivious to the fact that his opinions and rudeness might be alien or offensive to others, and gobsmackingly ignorant of any other point of view."

Etymology

From gobsmacking + -ly.

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