Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stonkingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stonk-ing-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

To an impressive extent or degree; very.

British usage

Example Sentences

"Go to your local superstore, and count the number of really, stonkingly, floor-creakingly fat women wearing horribly tight clothing. You will see lots of them within ten yards of where you stand."
"He turned in a wonderful comic performance in Mr. Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and he enjoyed playing Lord Voldemort, once Martha explained who the “Harry Potter” villain was and told him it was a “stonkingly vast, mega, mega part.”"

Etymology

From stonking + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: stonking

Usage

British usage

Questions

What does stonkingly mean?: To an impressive extent or degree; very.
Where does stonkingly come from?: From stonking + -ly.

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