crashingly

adv — 2 senses

crashingly

adv

Etymology From crashing + -ly.

1

While crashing, or as if crashing

He stumbled crashingly around the apartment.

2

Absolutely; terribly

It is almost 50 years since Western dancers first tried to cure the Russians of this crashingly vulgar habit.2009 January 15, Alastair Macaulay, “Tilting at Windmills, but Not at Traditions, in Performance From Maryinsky”, in New York Times:

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