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crashingly

crashingly

1 7.8
In a very obvious or strong way
  • adverb
  • /ˈkræʃɪŋli/
: obviedad aplastante
  • Her mistake was crashingly obvious; everyone in the room noticed it immediately.

Quite a lot of this work has been extremely and keenly observant, but it does seem to me to miss one crashingly obvious point.

Examples

  • Quite a lot of this work has been extremely and keenly observant, but it does seem to me to miss one crashingly obvious point.

    Stanford

  • He made a crashingly inappropriate comment that left everyone silenced.

  • The plot twist was crashingly clear from the very beginning of the movie.

Synonyms

devastatingly
vscrashingly
3 6.7

In a way that causes great harm or damage

is similarly strong but focuses on intensity rather than actual damage
crashing
vscrashingly
  • UK
3 7.5

Very bad or annoying

is intense but leans more toward plain obviousness and full overwhelm
crushingly
vscrashingly
1 7.3

A way that makes someone feel very sad and defeated

is intense but stresses obviousness rather than destruction
screamingly
vscrashingly
  • Informal
1 7.9

Very funny or easy to notice

is intense but is not mainly used for humour or mere vividness
shatteringly
vscrashingly
1 7.9

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

is intense too but focuses on obviousness rather than shock
overpoweringly
vscrashingly
1 7.4

In a very strong way that is hard to resist

is intense but highlights obviousness rather than irresistible force
smackingly
vscrashingly
1 9.5

In a very obvious way that gets attention

is intense but tends to stress overall overwhelm rather than noticeability

Antonyms

subtly
44 5.1

In a way that is not obvious or easy to notice

moderately
44 2.8

To some degree but not very much

How Intense

overwhelmingly
132 4.7
crashingly
1 7.8
clearly
554 1.0
noticeably
28 2.8
slightly
880 1.0

Surface Forms

crashingly positive

Morphology

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

Formed regularly from 'crashing' + '-ly', but the sense as an intensifier ('extremely obvious') is an idiomatic extension and not fully predictable from the literal meaning.

Etymology

Crashingly comes from crash, meaning a powerful, sudden event, and people use it to make something sound very strong or obvious. A helpful way to remember is to imagine an idea or feeling 'hitting' you like a crash, so crashingly means 'very strongly' or 'extremely'.