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Definition of Staggering
1. Adjective. So surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm. "The figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying"
Definition of Staggering
1. Verb. (present participle of stagger) ¹
2. Adjective. Incredible, overwhelming, amazing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Staggering
1. stagger [v] - See also: stagger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Staggering
Literary usage of Staggering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"... 1765; Scot's Staggering State of the Scots Statesmen, 1754; Acts of the
Parliaments of Scotland, voL iii. fol. 1814, passim; Douglas's Peerage of ..."
2. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1864)
"Middle-Rhine Army in a staggering State; the bavarian Intricacy settles itself,
the wrong Way. Early in March it becomes ..."
3. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1864)
"Middle-Rhine Army in a staggering State; Intricacy settles itself, the wrong
Way.y '• Early in March it becomes ..."
4. The Chronicles of Baltimore: Being a Complete History of "Baltimore Town by John Thomas Scharf (1874)
"... men when their thin lines sent back opposing hosts of Federal troops, staggering,
reeling, and flying, have often thrilled every fibre in my heart. ..."
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