Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crushingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables
crush-ing-ly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

So as to defeat overwhelmingly.

adv

So as to belittle; dishearteningly.

Etymology

Etymology tree English crushing Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English crushingly From crushing + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more crushingly (comparative) most crushingly (superlative)

Phrases

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Questions

What does crushingly mean?
So as to defeat overwhelmingly.
Where does crushingly come from?
Etymology tree English crushing Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English crushingly From crushing + -ly.

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