squashingly

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adverb

In a squashing way; belittlingly.

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Meanings

adverbsquashingly (comparative more squashingly, superlative most squashingly)

comparative more squashingly · superlative most squashingly

  1. In a squashing way; belittlingly.

    Crooke was allowed to set his own question for his second examination, hut was still, rather squashingly, not approved […]

    2003, Margaret Pelling, Frances White, Medical Conflicts in Early Modern London

Origin

From squashing + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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