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swooningly

swooningly

1 8.1
In a way that shows strong love or liking and seems ready to faint
  • adverb
  • /ˈswuːnɪŋli/
  • Archaic
: con desmayo
  • Many fans swooningly praised the new romantic film, describing it as a masterpiece of love.

Examples

  • But hardy fools that we Playlisters are, we're going to damn well tell you what we think anyway: "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2" is as thrilling, scary, and swooningly romantic as this series gets.

    Blog text (12)
  • "You really should see Dr. Blanton tomorrow morning about that leg," Lorelei said, pointing fingers I still found swooningly attractive at my guilty limb.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • She read the swooningly beautiful poem aloud, her voice filled with emotion.

  • The crowd sighed and applauded swooningly as the couple shared their first kiss on stage.

Synonyms

passionately
vsswooningly
61 2.8

In a way that shows very strong feelings and great excitement

is narrower, focusing on being overwhelmed by love and faintness
ardently
vsswooningly
6 4.9

In a way that shows strong feeling and great enthusiasm

is stronger, suggesting loss of composure or fainting from love
adorably
vsswooningly
4 2.5

In a way that makes people feel love or delight

is stronger, referring to overwhelming emotion that may cause fainting
adoringly
vsswooningly
4 3.4

In a loving way that shows deep care and admiration

is often about being physically overcome by intense emotion
endearingly
vsswooningly
2 4.2

In a way that makes people like someone and feel warm towards them

is more about being overwhelmed to faint from admiration
effusively
vsswooningly
1 7.4

In a very warm and emotional way that shows strong feeling

is narrower, implying being overwhelmed to the point of fainting
feelingly
vsswooningly
  • Archaic
1 6.7

In a way that shows strong feeling

is stronger, implying physical fainting from intense admiration or love
rapturously
vsswooningly
1 7.4

Showing great pleasure and excitement

is used more for being overwhelmed by love and fainting
enchantingly
vsswooningly
1 5.8

In a charming way that delights people and holds their attention

is focused on being emotionally overcome, not merely causing charm
yearningly
vsswooningly
1 6.9

In a way that shows a strong wish for something

is instead about being overcome by intense love, sometimes fainting
stirringly
vsswooningly
1 6.2

In a way that makes people feel strong emotion and excitement

is about being emotionally overcome and faint with admiration or love
rhapsodically
vsswooningly
1 9.7

In a way that shows great excitement and strong feeling

is tied to feeling faint from admiration rather than general ecstasy
gushingly
vsswooningly
1 7.7

Speak or write with too much excited praise

is more about losing control through admiration and fainting
bewitchingly
vsswooningly
1 8.0

In a very charming, almost magical way that attracts people

is more about losing control from intense love or admiration
heartfully
vsswooningly
1 6.5

In a warm, honest way that shows real feeling

is more extreme, describing being overcome to faint by admiration
dotingly
vsswooningly
1 7.2

With very strong love and care

is about faintness or being overwhelmed by admiration or love

Antonyms

113 2.1

In a regular way without stopping

97 1.0

In a calm, steady way without showing anger or nervousness

How Emotional

overwhelmingly
132 4.7
swooningly
  • Archaic
1 8.1
tenderly
22 1.6
gently
324 1.0
calmly
97 1.0

Surface Forms

swooningly positive

Morphology

swooningly = swooning (transparent) = swoon + ing + ly

The word 'swooningly' is transparently derived from 'swooning' by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly'.

Etymology

Swooningly comes from the simple verb swoon, which means to 'faint' or to be so full of feeling that you almost pass out. The ending -ly makes it mean 'in that way', so swooningly means doing something in a faint, dreamy, or overly romantic way because you are overwhelmed by love or admiration.