Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

head-spinningly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: head--spin-ning-ly
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Incredibly; overwhelmingly.

Example Sentences

"“Marge Gets A Job” is just about perfect. There is not a wasted sequence or unfunny gag. It’s head-spinningly smart in a way that doesn’t call attention to itself—like setting the retirement party at The Spruce Caboose, a giant, unwieldy, trainwreck-themed eatery whose name and conceit are brilliant parodies of Howard Hughes’ giant wooden airplane, the Spruce Goose."
"Things get headspinningly trippy when she makes it to the moon, where the goddess Chang’e turns out to be real and spends her time belting out disco-pop bangers in the style of Katy Perry to a stadium audience of glowing, bubblegum-coloured blobs."

Etymology

From head-spinning + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more head-spinningly (comparative) most head-spinningly (superlative) headspinningly (alternative)

Questions

What does head-spinningly mean?: Incredibly; overwhelmingly.
Where does head-spinningly come from?: From head-spinning + -ly.

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