intoxicatingly
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7.6
- adverb
- /ɪnˈtɑːkɪˌkeɪtɪŋli/
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embriagadoramente
- She is literary, intoxicatingly intelligent, and intuitive; she personally knows about love and loss, which she writes about.
Examples
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The music played at the festival was intoxicatingly rhythmic, drawing everyone to the dance floor.
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The party was intoxicatingly vibrant, filling everyone with excitement and joy.
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Tim, I find your book to be intoxicatingly delicious.
Blog text (24) -
Above them looms the picture, huge and intoxicatingly blue.
Fiction book (1992) -
The museum was intoxicatingly full of proud masterpieces I would not see on their home grounds until the war took my generation to London, Paris, and Rome.
Academic text (1998) -
I have an incomers' theory about the California personality, which is that the weather is so intoxicatingly perfect so much of the time that people get very optimistic.
Blog text (11) -
She emerged from her childhood a fiery lover—her kisses at once hot peppers and yet intoxicatingly sweet chocolate.
Fiction book (1999) -
He found the view from the mountain intoxicatingly beautiful, making him feel truly alive.
Synonyms
5
6.3
With extreme joy and excitement that feels wild
1
3.9
In a way that makes people feel very excited
1
6.0
In a way that shows very strong happiness and excitement
1
6.4
In a way that makes you feel very happy and full of energy
In a way that makes you feel dizzy or very excited
Antonyms
How Exciting
Surface Forms
Morphology
intoxicatingly = intoxicating (transparent) = intoxicate + ing + ly
Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'intoxicating', producing a manner adverb whose meaning directly follows from the adjective.
Etymology
Intoxicatingly comes from intoxicate, built from in- 'into' and toxic 'poison'. It used to mean 'to put poison into' or 'make someone drunk', so when something is called intoxicatingly it excites or charms you so strongly that it feels like a pleasant kind of drunkenness.