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smashingly

smashingly adverb: in a smashing way.

Adverb

smashingly (comparative more smashingly, superlative most smashingly)

  1. In a smashing way.
    • It has been just over a year since their Wellington boots last sloshed about on these shores, and it’s not as though that trip — billed as their first official overseas tour since being married in April 2005 — came off so smashingly that they, or an adoring American public, ought to be crying out...2007 January 27, Eric Konigsberg, “On Your Toes, Blokes, 2 Highnesses Coming — Charles and Camilla”, in New York Times

Forms of smashingly

comparativemore smashingly
superlativemost smashingly

Origin of smashingly

From smashing + -ly.

Questions about smashingly

What does smashingly mean?
Smashingly means in a smashing way.
What part of speech is smashingly?
Smashingly is an adverb.

Words near smashingly in the dictionary

  1. smashing someone's face in
  2. smashing someone's head
  3. smashing the stack
  4. smashing up
  5. smashingest
  6. smashingly
  7. smashings
  8. smashmouth
  9. smashpad
  10. smashpads
  11. smashproof

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