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crashingly

crashingly

7.8
In a very obvious or strong way
  • adverb
  • /ˈkræʃɪŋli/
translation icon : 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
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
9.5

In a very obvious way that gets attention

is intense but tends to stress overall overwhelm rather than noticeability
crashing
vscrashingly
  • UK
7.5

Very bad or annoying

is intense but leans more toward plain obviousness and full overwhelm

Antonyms

subtly
48 5.1

In a way that is not obvious or easy to notice

moderately
47 2.8

To some degree but not very much

How Intense

overwhelmingly
151 4.7
crashingly
7.8
clearly
881 1.0
noticeably
30 2.8
slightly
885 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'.