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crashingly

crashingly

7.4
Very suddenly in a way that ends in complete failure
  • adverb
  • /ˈkræʃɪŋli/
translation icon : desastrosamente
  • His plan failed crashingly, leaving the team to start over from scratch.

Examples

  • The project ended crashingly after months of hard work.

  • The new policy was crashingly unpopular and was quickly withdrawn by the government.

  • The event ended crashingly when the main speaker did not show up.

  • The concert ended crashingly when the power went out!

  • The company's new product line crashingly failed to attract any customers.

  • The film was crashingly bad, receiving negative reviews from every critic.

  • His plans for a big event crashingly fell apart, leading to a complete loss of confidence.

Synonyms

catastrophically
vscrashingly
7 7.2

In a way that causes very great harm or failure

is sudden and brings total collapse rather than slow damage
disastrously
vscrashingly
6 5.6

In a way that causes great harm or failure

is sudden and leads to complete collapse or failure
crushingly
vscrashingly
1 7.3

A way that makes someone feel very sad and defeated

is sudden and causes total failure or complete collapse
shatteringly
vscrashingly
1 7.9

In a way that makes people feel great shock or deep sadness

is sudden and causes an immediate disastrous collapse

Antonyms

350 1.8

In a way that gets the result you want

173 2.3

In an easy, calm way without problems or embarrassment

How Disastrous

crashingly
7.4
seriously
606 1.6
badly
285 1.0

Surface Forms

crashingly positive

Morphology

crashingly = crashing (semi-transparent) = crash + ing + ly

The adverb is formed regularly from 'crashing' + '-ly', but the sense 'disastrous/failing' is a metaphorical extension of the physical 'crash' and may not be fully predictable for all learners.

Etymology

Crashingly comes from crash, which also names a sudden failure like a 'car crash' or a 'computer crash'. So crashingly means 'in a way that is suddenly very bad or that makes things fall apart'.