perishingly

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adverb

extremely

Scrabble 20

Meanings

adverbperishingly (comparative more perishingly, superlative most perishingly)

comparative more perishingly · superlative most perishingly

  1. colloquialextremely

    There were low groans of pain as the field plunged into the perishingly cold water.

    2009 January 5, Matthew Weaver, “Our man in the ... Annual mud race in Essex”, in The Guardian
    1 more example

    The party was short of water and rationed, and such water as they first found was salty, so that they got perishingly thirsty.

    1926, Charles Francis Saunders, Trees and shrubs of California gardens

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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