mindbogglingly

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adverb

In a mindboggling manner; in such a way as to boggle the mind; so as to be beyond comprehension or understanding.

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Meanings

adverbmindbogglingly (comparative more mindbogglingly, superlative most mindbogglingly)

comparative more mindbogglingly · superlative most mindbogglingly · alternative mind-bogglingly

  1. In a mindboggling manner; in such a way as to boggle the mind; so as to be beyond comprehension or understanding.

    It is barrenness on such a mind-bogglingly enormous scale that it takes your breath away.

    2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 165
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    Space […] is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely mindbogglingly big it is.

    1979 October 12, Douglas Adams, chapter 8, in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 62

Origin

From mindboggling + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mindbogglingly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mindbogglingly.

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