sizzlinglyadv.
/ˈsɪzlɪŋli/ So as to sizzle. Used to give emphasis to expressions of warmth, intensity, etc.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb]
stronglyeOE
felec950
strongeOE
highlyOE
highOE
greatlya1200
stourlya1225
greata1325
dreec1330
deeplya1400
mightya1400
dreichlyc1400
mighty?a1425
sorec1440
mainlyc1450
greatumly1456
madc1487
profoundly1489
stronglya1492
muchwhata1513
shrewlya1529
heapa1547
vengeance?1548
sorely1562
smartlyc1580
mightly1582
mightily1587
violently1601
intensively1604
almightily1612
violent1629
seriously1643
intensely1646
importunately1660
shrewdly1664
gey1686
sadly1738
plenty1775
vitally1787
substantively1795
badly1813
far1814
heavily1819
serious1825
measurably1834
dearly1843
bally1939
majorly1955
sizzlingly1956
majorly1978
fecking1983
1956 Ess. in Crit. 6 204 You, too, were once not allegoric But blazed with passions sizzlingly phosphoric.
1963 Listener 21 Feb. 327/2 Unless one has some sizzlingly hot contributions to make, one somehow feels that a mere dialogue is perhaps not enough.
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