Stiflingly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a stifling manner; so as to suffocate.

    "The air was stiflingly hot."

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"The loft is stiflingly hot in summer."

Etymology

From stifling + -ly.

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