staggeringly
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6.7
- adverb
- /ˈstæɡərɪŋli/
:
asombrosamente
- The personalization of elections extends to campaign finance, making Brazilian elections staggeringly expensive.
- staggeringly high
I mean, it's, it's so staggeringly broken.
- I mean, it's, it's so staggeringly broken.
Examples
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Moretti describes both the Bay Area and Austin as tech innovation hubs, yet these cities have staggeringly different profiles.
Blog text (16) -
I mean, it is staggeringly detailed and gorgeous.
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But the numbers are just too big, staggeringly big.
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" It's staggeringly good compared with most of the rest of the world.
Academic text (1994) -
So as you can see, even if we're staggeringly successful in services, it's not going to offset the balance in goods.
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That was a staggeringly dramatic display of athletic ability.
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The numbers are still staggeringly high, over 50,000 more orphaned each year.
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Big companies can lobby in Brussels –- the amount of money they spend there is staggeringly large.
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Maria Campbell, a well-known Metis community worker and author, organized a staggeringly generous 10-course meal.
Academic text (2013) -
The documentary revealed staggeringly high rates of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.
Synonyms
184
3.5
To a very unusual or surprising degree
172
2.8
In a way that is very surprising and hard to believe
137
3.9
To a much higher level than usual
129
3.1
To a very large degree
128
3.5
To a very large degree
122
2.3
In a way that causes surprise or wonder
107
3.7
In a way that is very surprising or seems impossible
103
3.0
By a very large amount
84
2.1
To a very great degree
80
4.1
To a much higher level than usual
57
2.7
To a very great degree
50
3.9
To a very great degree
47
3.4
To a great degree
38
3.5
To a great degree and in an impressive way
28
4.3
To do something in a very impressive or dramatic way
21
3.5
To a very great degree
21
4.0
In a way that makes people very surprised
17
5.2
To a very great degree
12
3.6
To a very high degree
8
5.6
In a way that makes people feel very surprised
8
4.2
In a very beautiful or amazing way
8
6.8
To a degree that is very hard to believe
7
7.5
To a much greater degree than is normal
6
4.3
Making people feel very surprised
6
7.4
To a very large degree
4
6.5
In a way that is so strong it is hard to put into words
3
5.8
To a very large degree
2
6.1
In a very impressive way that surprises people
2
7.7
In a very large and impressive way
2
9.2
In a way that makes people very surprised or impressed
2
7.7
In a way that is very hard to imagine
1
7.6
By a very large amount that cannot be measured
1
7.5
An amount so great you cannot imagine
1
8.4
To a very high degree
1
8.6
So great that you cannot measure it
1
9.8
So great that you cannot find words to describe it
To a very large degree
How Impressive
151
4.7
7
6.7
21
4.0
14
3.8
47
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
staggeringly = staggering (transparent) = stagger + ing + ly
Formed from 'staggering' (astonishing) + the adverbial suffix '-ly', a productive and semantically regular derivation.
Etymology
Staggeringly comes from stagger, which originally meant 'to walk or stand unsteadily' as if you might fall. Think of something so shocking it makes you 'stagger' back in surprise, so staggeringly describes something extremely surprising or impressive.