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stoppingly

stoppingly adverb: in a way that causes something to stop.

Adverb

stoppingly (not comparable)

  1. (in-compounds) In a way that causes something to stop.
    • a heart-stoppingly beautiful man
    • Over a dirty hemp tunic he'd thrown a jerkin of goat's pelt in the manner of goatherds, two splints on the ankles were tied blood-stoppingly fast with leather thongs.2000, Eva Bourke, Travels with Gandolpho, page 38

Origin of stoppingly

From stopping + -ly.

Questions about stoppingly

What does stoppingly mean?
Stoppingly means in a way that causes something to stop.
What part of speech is stoppingly?
Stoppingly is an adverb.

Words near stoppingly in the dictionary

  1. stopping trains
  2. stopping two gaps with one bush
  3. stopping up
  4. stopping-out
  5. stopping-outs
  6. stoppingly
  7. stoppings
  8. stoppit
  9. stopple
  10. stoppled
  11. stopples

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