shatteringly
- adverb
- /ˈʃætərɪŋli/
:
destructivamente
- The glass door fell shatteringly to the ground, leaving sharp pieces everywhere.
Examples
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The glass fell and broke shatteringly on the floor.
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When the plate landed shatteringly on the floor, everyone in the room turned to look.
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The silence was broken shatteringly by the sound of the window smashing.
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The vase shattered shatteringly when it hit the ground.
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The stunning performance ended shatteringly, leaving the audience in complete astonishment.
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As the bowling ball struck the pins, they scattered shatteringly across the alley.
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After the earthquake, the glass ornaments fell shatteringly from the shelves, creating a dangerous mess.
Synonyms
5
4.4
To do something very suddenly and with great force
3
4.2
In a way that causes harm or damage
Very suddenly with a loud bang
Antonyms
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Morphology
shatteringly = shattering (transparent) = shatter + ing + ly
Formed from 'shattering' + '-ly' with the literal physical sense of 'shatter', so learners who know 'shatter' can derive the meaning.
Etymology
The word shatteringly comes from shatter, which means 'break into many pieces', like glass turning into shards. So shatteringly describes something that happens suddenly and violently, breaking into many parts.