cripplinglyadv.
/ˈkrɪplɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈkrɪp(ə)lɪŋli/ So as to cripple or disable.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > lameness or physical disability > [adverb] > so as to cause disability
cripplingly1899
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adverb] > very
venomously1449
virulently1632
cripplingly1927
1899 Daily News 18 Feb. 6/3 The new skirts are very long, cripplingly so.
1927 Daily Express 4 Nov. 3/4 The damage, the cost, the contamination are cripplingly unbearable.
1955 Times 1 July 16/3 The standard rate of income tax..remains at a cripplingly high level.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1899- lift up a person's spirits
- lift up one's ears
- lift up one's eyes, brow, face, visage
- lift up one's head
- lift up one's heart, mind, soul
- lift up one's heel, horn
- lift up one's leg
- lift up oneself of
- lift up the hand
- lift up the hand(occasionally one's arm
- lift up the hands
- lift up the head of
- lift up the horn
- lift up the veil
- lift valve
- lift well
- lift wire
- lift-attendant
- lift-battery
- lift-block
- lift-boy
- lift-bridge
- lift-button
- lift-cage
- lift-capstan