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dauntingly

adv

Etymology

From daunting + -ly.

  1. derived from *demh₂-✻ — “to domesticate, tame”
  2. derived from *domaō✻
  3. derived from domō — “tame, conquer”
  4. derived from domitō — “tame”
  5. derived from danter
  6. inherited from daunten
  7. suffixed as daunting — “daunt + ing”
  8. suffixed as dauntingly — “daunting + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In a daunting manner.

    • The 1920s and 1930s had established a convention of showing bathing beauties, many in dauntingly athletic poses, often depicted with male companions.

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