crashingly

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adverb

While crashing, or as if crashing

“He stumbled crashingly around the apartment.”

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Meanings

adverbcrashingly (comparative more crashingly, superlative most crashingly)

comparative more crashingly · superlative most crashingly

  1. While crashing, or as if crashing

    He stumbled crashingly around the apartment.

  2. Absolutely; terribly

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

    2009 January 15, Alastair Macaulay, “Tilting at Windmills, but Not at Traditions, in Performance From Maryinsky”, in New York Times

Origin

From crashing + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

crashingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crashingly

MLA

“crashingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crashingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crashingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crashingly.

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