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thrillingly

thrillingly adverb: in a thrilling manner.

Adverb

thrillingly (comparative more thrillingly, superlative most thrillingly)

  1. In a thrilling manner.
    • She held up her hands, and gazing upon me, uttered various exclamations which I could not understand. I could only remark that her accents were thrillingly musical.1799, Charles Brockden Brown, chapter 5, in Arthur Mervyn, Philadelphia: H. Maxwell, page 51
    • She spoke again, but in a less excited tone, although it was thrillingly earnest.1848, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter 14, in Mary Barton

Examples of thrillingly in a sentence

  • The listlessness concealed a mind which was fizzing and flashing thrillingly.1969, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 9, in Slaughterhouse-Five, New York: Dial, published 2005, page 243:
  • They had started so thrillingly but all their early momentum was lost once Salah went off.2018 May 26, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London):

Forms of thrillingly

comparativemore thrillingly
superlativemost thrillingly

Origin of thrillingly

From thrilling + -ly.

Questions about thrillingly

What does thrillingly mean?
Thrillingly means in a thrilling manner.
How do you use thrillingly in a sentence?
The listlessness concealed a mind which was fizzing and flashing thrillingly.
What part of speech is thrillingly?
Thrillingly is an adverb.

Words near thrillingly in the dictionary

  1. thrillful
  2. thrillier
  3. thrilliest
  4. thrilling
  5. thrillingest
  6. thrillingly
  7. thrillingness
  8. thrillings
  9. thrillmance
  10. thrillogies
  11. thrillogy

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