maddeningly

Examples

• All

• Sauropods may have also swallowed stones for grinding plants, but proof has been maddeningly difficult to come by.

  Academic text (1991)

• She asked the maddeningly simple question that no one could answer.

• Adds just enough story to be maddeningly addictive.

  Blog text (27)

• "C'mon now, Sare," Paul began again in his maddeningly level voice.

  Fiction book (2000)

• And here is one of those moments when Aristotle, as I indicated earlier, seems most maddeningly open minded.

• This is Longfellow, an almost maddeningly restrained and genteel man, at his most ardent.

  Academic text (2011)

• The assumption that married women are on average more able to care for and raise a child than unmarried women is almost certainly accurate, but the idea that it's oh so simple for a married woman to keep an unplanned pregnancy is maddeningly simplistic.

  Blog text (19)

• He dreaded concerts, but he loved these maddeningly untappable fits of inspiration that clenched him in his claustrophobia.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The puzzle was maddeningly difficult, keeping me up all night.

• It was maddeningly clear that the instructions were meant for someone else.

Synonyms

T

terribly

vsmaddeningly

230 1.4

To a very great degree, often before words like cold or sad

is an emphatic intensifier used without implying emotion or judgment

U

unbelievably

vsmaddeningly

107 3.7

In a way that is very surprising or seems impossible

is an emphatic degree that does not imply surprise or disbelief

R

ridiculously

vsmaddeningly

72 3.7

In a way that is much too extreme or silly

is an emphatic intensifier that does not suggest ridicule or absurdity

A

absurdly

vsmaddeningly

23 5.0

In a way that does not make sense or is much too extreme

means intense emphasis without suggesting unreasonableness or illogic

A

astonishingly

vsmaddeningly

21 4.0

In a way that makes people very surprised

provides emphasis without implying astonishment or wonder

L

ludicrously

vsmaddeningly

5 7.0

So silly or extreme that it makes people laugh

functions as strong emphasis without implying ridicule or mockery

I

inconceivably

vsmaddeningly

2 7.7

In a way that is very hard to imagine

gives strong emphasis without suggesting impossibility or incomprehension

How Strong

astonishingly

21 4.0

maddeningly

1 6.6

remarkably

184 3.5

notably

101 3.5

mildly

92 2.7

Surface Forms

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Etymology