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honkingly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From honking + -ly.

Meanings

1. With a honking sound.
   • At last Sinoway pulled himself together and blew his nose honkingly into an immense, white handkerchief. 1981, J N Williamson, Premonition:
   • A few cars buzz around them honkingly before an off-duty taxi stops and lets them in for double the normal fare. 2007, Jonathan Francis Brodsky, Prism:
   • At four-thirty, the swim period was honkingly announced. 2001, Richard Matheson, Camp Pleasant:
2. (slang) Greatly, hugely, overwhelmingly.
   • If a browser window is larger than a layout table's fixed size, your viewers end up looking at a honkingly big white void. 2005, Jessica Mantaro, FrontPage 2003: the missing manual:
   • ...the Last Chance Fruit Stand cart, which sells not only fruit cups ($3) but also honkingly large turkey legs ($6.40). 2009, Jason Cochran, Pauline Frommer's Walt Disney World & Orlando:

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