Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

brimmingly en · ADV

Pronunciation

Etymology

From brimming + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (figuratively, often) So as to brim or overflow.
    • Having a husband who was so brimmingly full of fun might have involved a certain strain; still, the fact that Véra was not similarly blessed is just a reminder of the planetary norm. 2015 November 10, Martin Amis, “In ‘Letters to Véra,’ Vladimir Nabokov Writes to His Wife”, in New York Times:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most brimmingly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more brimmingly Degree=Cmp lexicographic