cripplingly

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adverb

In a way that cripples, or is crippling.

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Meanings

adverbcripplingly (comparative more cripplingly, superlative most cripplingly)

comparative more cripplingly · superlative most cripplingly

  1. In a way that cripples, or is crippling.

    Arab leaders remain cripplingly divided […].

    2009 January 18, Robert F. Worth, “Why the Arabs Splinter Over Gaza”, in The New York Times

Origin

From crippling + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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