thumpingly

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adverb

With thumping noises.

“He walked thumpingly up the stairs in his boots.”

Scrabble 21

Meanings

adverbthumpingly (comparative more thumpingly, superlative most thumpingly)

comparative more thumpingly · superlative most thumpingly

  1. With thumping noises.

    He walked thumpingly up the stairs in his boots.

  2. informalExtremely.

    It was a thumpingly tall ladder.

    1994, Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons, page 169
    1 more example

    But while often seen as a symbol of the BBC’s commitment to diversity, she is, herself, thumpingly posh.

    2016 March 24, Sebastian Shakespeare, “'No-one told me I was going to be interviewed by a Muslim': Moment Burma democracy heroine Suu Kyi lost her cool with BBC's Mishal Husain after being quizzed over violence towards Muslim minority”, in Daily Mail

Origin

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

Chicago

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

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