rattlingly
- adverb
- /ˈrætəlɪŋli/
- UK
- The movie was rattlingly exciting from start to finish.
Examples
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He was rattlingly close to breaking the world record.
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She spoke rattlingly fast during her presentation.
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She answered the difficult question rattlingly quickly, surprising everyone in the room.
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He was rattlingly anxious before the exam.
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The roller coaster was rattlingly fast, thrilling everyone on board.
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She was rattlingly confident during her presentation, impressing all her classmates.
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The concert was rattlingly loud, making it hard to hear anyone speak.
Synonyms
340
1.4
To show strong feeling or degree
54
9.8
To add strong emphasis before an adjective or adverb
26
9.9
To make what you say sound stronger
12
6.0
To emphasize something, like saying very
8
5.4
To make a describing word much stronger
6
6.9
An informal way to mean very or extremely
2
8.2
Makes a describing word sound very strong
1
7.9
Very funny or easy to notice
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7.2
In a very loud and excited way
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8.2
To a very great degree
1
9.9
In a very extreme way used to show strong feeling
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8.2
People use it informally to mean very before adjectives
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9.5
In a very obvious way that gets attention
Antonyms
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
rattlingly = rattling (semi-transparent) = rattle + ing + ly
The adverb is formed by adding '-ly' to the colloquial adjective 'rattling', but the intensifying meaning is a figurative extension and may not be obvious to learners.
Etymology
Rattlingly comes from the common verb rattle plus the endings -ing and -ly, and it has also been used as a lively way to say 'very' or 'extremely'. A helpful way to remember this is to imagine a loud rattle making a strong effect, so rattlingly can simply make an adjective sound stronger.