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destroyingly

destroyingly adverb: in a way that destroys.

Adverb

destroyingly (comparative more destroyingly, superlative most destroyingly)

  1. In a way that destroys.
    • Tho' Ruin now Love's shadow be, / Following him, destroyingly, / On Death's white and winged steed, / Which the fleetest cannot flee, [...]1818–1819 (date written), Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Prometheus Unbound”, in Prometheus Unbound […], London: C[harles] and J[ames] Ollier […], published 1820, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 58
    • the voice of a storm that sweeps destroyingly over forest and mountain1914, Jean Lang, A Book of Myths

Forms of destroyingly

comparativemore destroyingly
superlativemost destroyingly

Origin of destroyingly

From destroying + -ly.

Questions about destroyingly

What does destroyingly mean?
Destroyingly means in a way that destroys.
What part of speech is destroyingly?
Destroyingly is an adverb.

Words near destroyingly in the dictionary

  1. destroyeth
  2. destroyin'
  3. destroying
  4. destroying angel
  5. destroying angels
  6. destroyingly
  7. destroys
  8. destruct
  9. destructed
  10. destructedness
  11. destructibility

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