concussively
advEtymology From concussive + -ly.
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In a concussive manner.
- It begins in earnest after sunrise, when Saratoga’s backstretch has the feel of a summer camp before wake-up: The air is dense and humid, and everyone moves slowly, saddling the racers in the stables — sagging wooden structures that smell almost concussively of manure and hay.2009 August 9, Alan Feuer, “Preparing the Ponies for a Day at Saratoga”, in New York Times: