mindbogglingly en · ADV
Pronunciation
- (General-American) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English mindboggling Middle English -ly English -ly English mindbogglingly From mindboggling + -ly.
Meanings
-
In a mindboggling manner; in such a way as to boggle the mind; so as to be beyond comprehension or understanding.
Space […] is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely mindbogglingly big it is.
1979 October 12, Douglas Adams, chapter 8, in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 62:It is barrenness on such a mind-bogglingly enormous scale that it takes your breath away.
2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 165:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more mindbogglingly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most mindbogglingly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| mind-bogglingly | alternative | lexicographic |