head-spinningly

adverb

Incredibly; overwhelmingly.

Meanings

adverbhead-spinningly (comparative more head-spinningly, superlative most head-spinningly)

comparative more head-spinningly · superlative most head-spinningly · alternative headspinningly

  1. idiomaticIncredibly; overwhelmingly.

    Things get headspinningly trippy when she makes it to the moon, where the goddess Chang’e turns out to be real and spends her time belting out disco-pop bangers in the style of Katy Perry to a stadium audience of glowing, bubblegum-coloured blobs.

    2020 October 15, Cath Clarke, “Over the Moon review – Netflix family animation is more Disney than Disney”, in The Guardian
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    “Marge Gets A Job” is just about perfect. There is not a wasted sequence or unfunny gag. It’s head-spinningly smart in a way that doesn’t call attention to itself—like setting the retirement party at The Spruce Caboose, a giant, unwieldy, trainwreck-themed eatery whose name and conceit are brilliant parodies of Howard Hughes’ giant wooden airplane, the Spruce Goose.

    2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 26 May 2012

Origin

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APA

head-spinningly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/head-spinningly

MLA

“head-spinningly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/head-spinningly. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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