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transfixingly

transfixingly adverb: so as to transfix.

Adverb

transfixingly (comparative more transfixingly, superlative most transfixingly)

  1. So as to transfix.
    • If “Manhattan” shoots unusual subject matter in a familiar style, Cinemax’s “The Knick,” returning on Friday, takes a much-visited genre, the medical drama, and renders it transfixingly new.2015 October 12, James Poniewozik, “‘Manhattan’ and ‘The Knick’ Return to a Forward-Looking Past”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    stunningly

Synonyms of transfixingly

Forms of transfixingly

comparativemore transfixingly
superlativemost transfixingly

Origin of transfixingly

From transfixing + -ly.

Questions about transfixingly

What does transfixingly mean?
Transfixingly means so as to transfix.
What part of speech is transfixingly?
Transfixingly is an adverb.

Words near transfixingly in the dictionary

  1. transfixer
  2. transfixers
  3. transfixes
  4. transfixeth
  5. transfixing
  6. transfixingly
  7. transfixion
  8. transfixions
  9. transfixt
  10. transfixture
  11. transfixtures

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