damningly

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adverb

In a damning manner, or to an extent that is damning.

“The recordings are damningly explicit.”

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adverbdamningly (comparative more damningly, superlative most damningly)

comparative more damningly · superlative most damningly

  1. In a damning manner, or to an extent that is damning.

    The recordings are damningly explicit.

    1 more example

    In contrast, Kindersley takes an approach that is closer to that of a descriptive linguist and is largely devoid of the superior tone of Goffin: where Kindersley uses the term ‘pleonastic cliché’, Goffin more damningly has ‘phrase-mongering’.

    2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 116

Origin

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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