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bleedingly

bleedingly adverb: extremely.

Adverb

bleedingly (not comparable)

  1. (UK, slang) extremely
    • Fitzsimons has been careful to frame his push for change as not a rejection of the Queen or a denial of Australia’s history as a British colony, but as a bleedingly obvious next step in the life of the nation.2015 September 6, “The Queen marks a milestone, but Australian republicans are regrouping”, in The Observer

Origin of bleedingly

From bleeding + -ly.

Questions about bleedingly

What does bleedingly mean?
Bleedingly means extremely.
What part of speech is bleedingly?
Bleedingly is an adverb.

Words near bleedingly in the dictionary

  1. bleeding-edge
  2. bleeding-heart
  3. bleeding-heart monkey
  4. bleeding-heart monkeys
  5. bleeding-hearts
  6. bleedingly
  7. bleedings
  8. bleeds
  9. bleeds dry
  10. bleeds for
  11. bleeds like a pig

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