2. Adverb. Absolutely; terribly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crashingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crashingly
Literary usage of Crashingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"There is coarseness, there is fierceness, there is mercilessness, . . . there is
disregard of others in the vehement resolve to smite crashingly down ..."
2. Drummond of Hawthornden: The Story of His Life and Writings by David Masson (1873)
"They threw more heart into the war, wanted to end it as swiftly and crashingly
as they could, and were by no means particular as to the precise shape of ..."
3. Unvisited Places of Old Europe by Robert Shackleton (1913)
"From the cliffs hang masses of huge icicles, which from time to time come crashingly
down; it is usually when exposed to the afternoon sun that the icicles ..."
4. The Hunter-naturalist: Romance of Sporting; Or, Wild Scenes and Wild Hunters by Charles Wilkins Webber (1867)
"... on the sky-bounded ocean-heaved prairies, or where the green and glinting
icebergs thundered crashingly against the hoar cliffs " of fretted Labrador," ..."
5. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"There is coarseness, there is fierceness, there is mercilessness, . . . there is
disregard of others in the vehement resolve to smite crashingly down ..."
6. Drummond of Hawthornden: The Story of His Life and Writings by David Masson (1873)
"They threw more heart into the war, wanted to end it as swiftly and crashingly
as they could, and were by no means particular as to the precise shape of ..."
7. Unvisited Places of Old Europe by Robert Shackleton (1913)
"From the cliffs hang masses of huge icicles, which from time to time come crashingly
down; it is usually when exposed to the afternoon sun that the icicles ..."
8. The Hunter-naturalist: Romance of Sporting; Or, Wild Scenes and Wild Hunters by Charles Wilkins Webber (1867)
"... on the sky-bounded ocean-heaved prairies, or where the green and glinting
icebergs thundered crashingly against the hoar cliffs " of fretted Labrador," ..."
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