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stiflingly

stiflingly adverb: in a stifling manner; so as to suffocate.

Adverb

stiflingly (comparative more stiflingly, superlative most stiflingly)

  1. In a stifling manner; so as to suffocate.
    • The air was stiflingly hot.
    • On one stiflingly hot afternoon I padded across the corridor from my bedsit to the bathroom in my dressing gown.2021 June 23, Ruth Gibson, “‘Embarrassing ..’”, in Wirral Globe, Wirral, Merseyside, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 1

Forms of stiflingly

comparativemore stiflingly
superlativemost stiflingly

Origin of stiflingly

From stifling + -ly.

Questions about stiflingly

What does stiflingly mean?
Stiflingly means in a stifling manner; so as to suffocate.
What part of speech is stiflingly?
Stiflingly is an adverb.

Words near stiflingly in the dictionary

  1. stiflers
  2. stifles
  3. stiflest
  4. stifleth
  5. stifling
  6. stiflingly
  7. stiflingness
  8. stiflings
  9. Stifter
  10. Stifters
  11. stig

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