dazzlinglyadv.
/ˈdazlɪŋli/, /ˈdazl̩ɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈdæz(ə)lɪŋli/ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > [adverb] > in a stupefied manner
dazedlya1400
dazzlingly1610
stupidly1652
intoxicatedly1797
torpidly1820
1610 J. Higgins in Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) 56 [They] blinded are, and dazelingly they looke.
2. In a dazzling manner; to a degree that dazzles.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [adverb] > dazzlingly
glaringlya1586
dazzlinglya1711
blazingly1830
aglare1857
a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 322 His Scales the Sun-beams dazzlingly reflect.
1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. III. 99 Nothing was to be seen but what was perfectly and dazzlingly white.
1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar x. 118 Pompey's success had been dazzlingly rapid.
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