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damningly

damningly adverb: in a damning manner, or to an extent that is damning.

Adverb

damningly (comparative more damningly, superlative most damningly)

  1. In a damning manner, or to an extent that is damning.
    • The recordings are damningly explicit.
    • In contrast, Kindersley takes an approach that is closer to that of a descriptive linguist and is largely devoid of the superior tone of Goffin: where Kindersley uses the term ‘pleonastic cliché’, Goffin more damningly has ‘phrase-mongering’.2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 116

Forms of damningly

comparativemore damningly
superlativemost damningly

Origin of damningly

From damning + -ly.

Questions about damningly

What does damningly mean?
Damningly means in a damning manner, or to an extent that is damning.
What part of speech is damningly?
Damningly is an adverb.

Words near damningly in the dictionary

  1. damnifying
  2. Damnii
  3. damning
  4. damning by association
  5. damning the torpedoes
  6. damningly
  7. damnings
  8. damnit
  9. Damnonian
  10. Damnonians
  11. Damnonii

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