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Definition of Shatteringly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shatteringly
Literary usage of Shatteringly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"... the population, is shatteringly affected by the mobilization), is going to
ask from this war— and obtain—anything short of complete physical security? ..."
2. The World Set Free: A Story of Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1914)
"The things clapped into sight like something shown by the opening of a shutter,
and then bumped shatteringly against us or rushed by us. ..."
3. The Virginia Comedians: Or, Old Days in the Old Dominion by John Esten Cooke (1854)
"And shouts sound louder, the great trumpet blares more shatteringly, the drum
wakes the thunder, and the splendid pageant passes onward; Hallam and Shylock ..."
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