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staggeringly

adv

Etymology

From staggering + -ly.

Definitions

  1. To a breathtaking degree.

    • The ancient city was staggeringly beautiful.
    • ‘Yes,’ said Slartibartfast, ‘staggeringly dull. Bewilderingly so.[…]’
    • Barely a bird and definitely none of my target species greeted the morning so I cut my losses and headed north through the staggeringly vast emptiness of the Outback.

  2. Moving with a stagger.

    • He made his way staggeringly to the bar.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA