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desolatingly

desolatingly adverb: so as to cause desolation.

Adverb

desolatingly (comparative more desolatingly, superlative most desolatingly)

  1. So as to cause desolation.
    • In his absence, I think, she found herself desolatingly alone, though this was never acknowledged, but covered up by her 'affable' façade.1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

Forms of desolatingly

comparativemore desolatingly
superlativemost desolatingly

Origin of desolatingly

From desolating + -ly.

Questions about desolatingly

What does desolatingly mean?
Desolatingly means so as to cause desolation.
What part of speech is desolatingly?
Desolatingly is an adverb.

Words near desolatingly in the dictionary

  1. desolater
  2. desolaters
  3. desolates
  4. desolatest
  5. desolating
  6. desolatingly
  7. desolation
  8. Desolation Islands
  9. desolations
  10. desolator
  11. desolators

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