rattlingly
- adverb
- /ˈrætəlɪŋli/
- UK
:
extremadamente
- 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
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1.4
To show strong feeling or degree
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6.0
To emphasize something, like saying very
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5.4
To make a describing word much stronger
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6.9
An informal way to mean very or extremely
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7.9
Very funny or easy to notice
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8.2
Makes a describing word sound very strong
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9.8
To add strong emphasis before an adjective or adverb
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7.2
In a very loud and excited way
People use it informally to mean very before adjectives
To a very great degree
To make what you say sound stronger
In a very obvious way that gets attention
In a very extreme way used to show strong feeling
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.