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damningly en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English damning Middle English -ly English -ly English damningly From damning + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a damning manner, or to an extent that is damning.
   • In contrast, Kindersley takes an approach that is closer to that of a descriptive linguist and is largely devoid of the superior tone of Goffin: where Kindersley uses the term ‘pleonastic cliché’, Goffin more damningly has ‘phrase-mongering’. 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 116:
   • The recordings are damningly explicit.

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