staggeringly
staggeringly adverb: to a breathtaking degree.
Adverb
staggeringly (comparative more staggeringly, superlative most staggeringly)
- To a breathtaking degree.
- The ancient city was staggeringly beautiful.
- ‘Yes,’ said Slartibartfast, ‘staggeringly dull. Bewilderingly so.[…]’1982 August, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; 3), London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 111
- Moving with a stagger.
- He made his way staggeringly to the bar.
Examples of staggeringly in a sentence
- Barely a bird and definitely none of my target species greeted the morning so I cut my losses and headed north through the staggeringly vast emptiness of the Outback.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 254:
- Her fanbase is staggeringly large, with 53% of Americans saying they are fans and 16% identifying as “avid fans”, according to a March 2023 Morning Consult poll.2024 February 8, Carter Sherman, “Could Taylor Swift really swing the 2024 presidential election?”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The...
Forms of staggeringly
| comparative | more staggeringly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most staggeringly |
Origin of staggeringly
From staggering + -ly.
Questions about staggeringly
- What does staggeringly mean?
- Staggeringly means to a breathtaking degree.
- How do you use staggeringly in a sentence?
- Barely a bird and definitely none of my target species greeted the morning so I cut my losses and headed north through the staggeringly vast emptiness of the Outback.
- What part of speech is staggeringly?
- Staggeringly is an adverb.
Words near staggeringly in the dictionary
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