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thumpingly en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English thumping Middle English -ly English -ly English thumpingly From thumping + -ly.

Meanings

1. With thumping noises.
   • He walked thumpingly up the stairs in his boots.
2. (informal) Extremely.
   • It was a thumpingly tall ladder. 1994, Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons, page 169:
   • But while often seen as a symbol of the BBC’s commitment to diversity, she is, herself, thumpingly posh. 2016 March 24, Sebastian Shakespeare, “'No-one told me I was going to be interviewed by a Muslim': Moment Burma democracy heroine Suu Kyi lost her cool with BBC's Mishal Husain after being quizzed over violence towards Muslim minority”, in Daily Mail:

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