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smokingly en · ADV

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree English smoking Middle English -ly English -ly English smokingly From smoking + -ly.

Meanings

  1. So as to produce, or appear to produce, smoke.
    • June 9, 1960, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round […] horses proud of the crimson and yellow shaving-brushes on their heads, and of the sharp tingling bells upon their harness that chime far along the glaring white road along which they trample smokingly […]
  2. (slang) Very; highly; extremely (said of sex appeal or a sexy appearance).
    • […]I mainly only watch [The Big Bang Theory] because of Kaley Cuoco (the hot neighbor). She is smokingly perfect! 2008 November 25, Coach (OP), 3 Justin 3 (quoted), “How I Met Your Mother”, in Calgarypuck Forums:
    • He was short, dark, and smokingly sexy and sported a full beard (very rare in high school). 2011, Amy Montana, Dancing Through Midnight:
    • Yes, she is pretty and she is smokingly hot! I still can't believe it that she is me but a female. 2018 May 21, HimeOfShyness, “The Silent Ones”, in 💚StreetPunks X Fem!StreetPunks - OneShots (TMNT AU)💚 (fanfiction), Wattpad:

Forms

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more smokingly Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most smokingly Degree=Sup lexicographic

Relateds

smoking hot