Meanings
- in compoundsnot comparableIn a way that causes something to stop.
a heart-stoppingly beautiful man
2 more examples
Over a dirty hemp tunic he'd thrown a jerkin of goat's pelt in the manner of goatherds, two splints on the ankles were tied blood-stoppingly fast with leather thongs.
2000, Eva Bourke, Travels with Gandolpho, page 38Neither of them detracted from how traffic-stoppingly handsome he was, but they were enough to inspire questions and the ensuing jokes about how she'd beaten him up.
2011, Victoria Pade, It Takes a Family
Origin
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stoppingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stoppingly
“stoppingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stoppingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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