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squashingly

squashingly adverb: in a squashing way; belittlingly.

Adverb

squashingly (comparative more squashingly, superlative most squashingly)

  1. In a squashing way; belittlingly.
    • Crooke was allowed to set his own question for his second examination, hut was still, rather squashingly, not approved […]2003, Margaret Pelling, Frances White, Medical Conflicts in Early Modern London

Forms of squashingly

comparativemore squashingly
superlativemost squashingly

Origin of squashingly

From squashing + -ly.

Questions about squashingly

What does squashingly mean?
Squashingly means in a squashing way; belittlingly.
What part of speech is squashingly?
Squashingly is an adverb.

Words near squashingly in the dictionary

  1. squashily
  2. squashiness
  3. squashinesses
  4. squashing
  5. squashing the beef
  6. squashingly
  7. squashings
  8. squashlike
  9. squashy
  10. squassation
  11. squassations

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