stinkingly
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8.2
- adverb
- /ˈstɪŋkɪŋli/
- Informal
- Where did he get the idea that the stinkingly wealthy are "job creators"?
Examples
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Where did he get the idea that the stinkingly wealthy are "job creators"?
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No one wants to watch gifted, stinkingly rich golfers play a putt-putt course and finish 21-under par.
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Rule No. 1: Pitch the ball out of the strike zone and make a lot of stinkingly wealthy hitters look silly, striking out 23 Cubs in two games.
Synonyms
392
1.4
To a very great degree, often before words like cold or sad
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1.3
Used before adjectives or adverbs informally to mean very
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1.4
To show strong feeling or degree
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9.0
Very, used before a word to add strong emphasis
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6.0
To emphasize something, like saying very
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6.9
An informal way to mean very or extremely
To make a describing word much stronger
Antonyms
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stinkingly comes from stink 'to smell bad' and uses the strong image of a terrible smell. People also use it informally as a forceful way to say 'very' or 'extremely', because a horrible smell gives a clear image of something being extreme.