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devastatingly

devastatingly adverb: in a devastating manner.

Adverb

devastatingly (comparative more devastatingly, superlative most devastatingly)

  1. In a devastating manner.
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Forms of devastatingly

comparativemore devastatingly
superlativemost devastatingly

Origin of devastatingly

From devastating + -ly.

Questions about devastatingly

What does devastatingly mean?
Devastatingly means in a devastating manner.
What part of speech is devastatingly?
Devastatingly is an adverb.

Words near devastatingly in the dictionary

  1. devast
  2. devastate
  3. devastated
  4. devastates
  5. devastating
  6. devastatingly
  7. devastatingness
  8. devastation
  9. devastational
  10. devastations
  11. devastative

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