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honkingly

honkingly adverb: with a honking sound.

Adverb

honkingly (comparative more honkingly, superlative most honkingly)

  1. With a honking sound.
    • At last Sinoway pulled himself together and blew his nose honkingly into an immense, white handkerchief.1981, J N Williamson, Premonition
    • At four-thirty, the swim period was honkingly announced.2001, Richard Matheson, Camp Pleasant
  2. (slang) Greatly, hugely, overwhelmingly.
    • If a browser window is larger than a layout table's fixed size, your viewers end up looking at a honkingly big white void.2005, Jessica Mantaro, FrontPage 2003: the missing manual
    • ...the Last Chance Fruit Stand cart, which sells not only fruit cups ($3) but also honkingly large turkey legs ($6.40).2009, Jason Cochran, Pauline Frommer's Walt Disney World & Orlando

Forms of honkingly

comparativemore honkingly
superlativemost honkingly

Origin of honkingly

From honking + -ly.

Questions about honkingly

What does honkingly mean?
Honkingly means with a honking sound.
What part of speech is honkingly?
Honkingly is an adverb.

Words near honkingly in the dictionary

  1. honkin'
  2. honkiness
  3. honking
  4. honking it on
  5. honking off
  6. honkingly
  7. honkings
  8. honkitude
  9. honklet
  10. honklets
  11. Honkong

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