stiflingly

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adverb

In a stifling manner; so as to suffocate.

“The air was stiflingly hot.”

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Meanings

adverbstiflingly (comparative more stiflingly, superlative most stiflingly)

comparative more stiflingly · superlative most stiflingly

  1. In a stifling manner; so as to suffocate.

    The air was stiflingly hot.

    1 more example

    On one stiflingly hot afternoon I padded across the corridor from my bedsit to the bathroom in my dressing gown.

    2021 June 23, Ruth Gibson, “‘Embarrassing ..’”, in Wirral Globe, Wirral, Merseyside, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 1

Origin

From stifling + -ly.

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APA

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

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Chicago

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