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crashingly

crashingly

1 7.4
Very suddenly in a way that ends in complete failure
  • adverb
  • /ˈkræʃɪŋli/
: 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  • The new policy was crashingly unpopular and was quickly withdrawn by the government.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

337 1.8

In a way that gets the result you want

132 2.3

In an easy, calm way without problems or embarrassment

How Disastrous

crashingly
1 7.4
seriously
382 1.6
badly
78 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'.