destroyingly

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adverb

In a way that destroys.

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Meanings

adverbdestroyingly (comparative more destroyingly, superlative most destroyingly)

comparative more destroyingly · superlative most destroyingly

  1. In a way that destroys.

    the voice of a storm that sweeps destroyingly over forest and mountain

    1914, Jean Lang, A Book of Myths
    1 more example

    Tho' Ruin now Love's shadow be, / Following him, destroyingly, / On Death's white and winged steed, / Which the fleetest cannot flee, [...]

    1818–1819 (date written), Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Prometheus Unbound”, in Prometheus Unbound […], London: C[harles] and J[ames] Ollier […], published 1820, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 58

Origin

From destroying + -ly.

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

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Chicago

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