CRUSHINGLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crushingly mean? 

• CRUSHINGLY (adverb)
  The adverb CRUSHINGLY has 1 sense:

1. in a crushing manner

  Familiarity information: CRUSHINGLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRUSHINGLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a crushing manner

Context example:

the team was crushingly defeated

Pertainym:

crushing (physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination)

 Context examples 

But at high pressures, like those in crushingly deep oceans like Ganymede's, the ice crystal structures become more compact.

(Ganymede may harbor 'club sandwich' of oceans and ice, NASA)

And again the shock came and he was brought crushingly to the ground.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)