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stinkingly

stinkingly

8.1
In a way that smells very bad
  • adverb
  • /ˈstɪŋkɪŋli/
translation icon : hediondamente
  • The kitchen was stinkingly foul after the food spoiled in the heat.

Examples

  • He left a stinkingly strong odor in the room.

  • The garbage smells stinkingly bad.

  • He found the locker room stinkingly unpleasant after the game.

  • The trash bins were stinkingly full and needed to be emptied immediately.

  • The kitchen was stinkingly foul after the food spoiled in the heat.

  • He found the locker room stinkingly unpleasant after the game.

  • The trash bins were stinkingly full and needed to be emptied immediately.

Synonyms

disgustingly
vsstinkingly
13 4.8

In a way that makes you feel sick or upset

is specifically about extreme bad smell rather than general disgust
unpleasantly
vsstinkingly
5 2.7

In a way that makes you feel bad or uncomfortable

is specifically about a very bad smell rather than general unpleasantness
nauseatingly
vsstinkingly
3 7.0

In a way that makes you feel very disgusted or sick

is about very bad smell without necessarily causing physical sickness
fetidly
vsstinkingly
8.5

In a way that smells very bad

is focused narrowly on extreme bad smell rather than general unpleasantness
acridly
vsstinkingly
8.6

In a sharp, unpleasant way that makes your nose or throat sting

is about very bad smell but less about sharp stinging sensation

Antonyms

pleasantly
50 1.0

In a friendly and enjoyable way

sweetly
37 1.0

In a kind, gentle, pleasant way

How Smelly

stinkingly
8.1

Surface Forms

stinkingly positive

Morphology

stinkingly = stinking (transparent) = stink + ing + ly

The word 'stinkingly' is transparently derived from 'stinking' with the addition of the adverbial suffix '-ly'.

Etymology

Stinkingly comes from the verb stink, which means 'to smell very bad'. It adds the ending -ly to say how something smells, so it means 'in a way that smells bad'.