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stoppingly

English

Etymology

stopping +? -ly

Adverb

stoppingly (not comparable)

  1. (in combination) In a way that causes something to stop.
    a heart-stoppingly beautiful woman
    • 2000, Eva Bourke, Travels with Gandolpho (page 38)
      Over a dirty hemp tunic he'd thrown a jerkin of goat's pelt in the manner of goatherds, two splints on the ankles were tied blood-stoppingly fast with leather thongs.
    • 2011, Victoria Pade, It Takes a Family
      Neither of them detracted from how traffic-stoppingly handsome he was, but they were enough to inspire questions and the ensuing jokes about how she'd beaten him up.

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toppingly

English

Etymology

topping +? -ly

Adverb

toppingly (comparative more toppingly, superlative most toppingly)

  1. (Britain, informal, dated) In a topping manner; splendidly, wonderfully.
  2. (dated) In a proud or superior manner.

Further reading

  • Samuel Johnson (15 April 1755) , “TOPPINGLY”, in A Dictionary of the English Language: [] In Two Volumes, volume II (L–Z), London: [] J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton; [], OCLC 1637325.

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