damagingly
- adverb
- /ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋli/
- Australia, over a century later, was an entirely new terrain altogether, though utterly different from European sensibilities, leaving artists and writers clutching for reference points, and more damagingly, leaving the British officers and convicts bewildered and starving.
Examples
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And, most damagingly, they see being a woman as a deprecating qualifier.
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Goodness me, I'd much rather you were open and straightforward about them, instead of continuously and damagingly leaking them to the press.
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Crisp turned upon the cultural mainstream, but he did so in a way that showed how the latter could be made to recoil damagingly upon itself.
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Ely, saying you're "excessively, stupidly, self-damagingly fastidious about dating" is not grounds for self-congratulation on your honesty; it's a sign that you're a massive asshole.
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The new policy will affect the environment damagingly, leading to the loss of many habitats.
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His constant criticism impacted her confidence damagingly, making her doubt her abilities.
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The drought has been damagingly severe, causing crops to fail across the entire region.
Synonyms
In a way that causes harm or makes something worse
In a way that causes harm
In a way that causes great harm or failure
In a way that causes harm or damage
In a way that causes great harm or damage
In a way that causes damage or hurts others
In a way that harms people or things
In a harmful or poisonous way
In a way that causes harm or damage
In a way that causes harm slowly without being noticed
In a way that causes a lot of harm or loss
In a way that causes harm to someone or something
A harmful way that hurts people, animals, or plants
In a way that slowly eats away materials like metal or paint
In a way that causes sudden big change or lasting harm
In a way that makes things worse for someone
Antonyms
How Harmful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word damagingly comes from the noun damage, which means 'harm' or 'loss', and the -ing part shows 'causing' while -ly turns it into 'in a way'. So, damagingly means 'in a way that causes harm'.