Meanings
comparative more concussively · superlative most concussively
- In a concussive manner.
It begins in earnest after sunrise, when Saratoga’s backstretch has the feel of a summer camp before wake-up: The air is dense and humid, and everyone moves slowly, saddling the racers in the stables — sagging wooden structures that smell almost concussively of manure and hay.
2009 August 9, Alan Feuer, “Preparing the Ponies for a Day at Saratoga”, in New York Times
Origin
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concussively. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concussively
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