staggeringlyadv.
In a staggering manner; unsteadily, totteringly; also (rarely) so as to stagger or shock; hence in trivial use, amazingly; exceedingly.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adverb] > reeling or staggering
staggeringly1575
reelingly1599
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adverb]
unmindlingOE
unsupposedc1425
unweeninglyc1480
ex improviso1521
unprovidedly1539
unexpectedly1605
unhopedly1611
unimagined1614
inexpectedly1626
startlinglya1645
surprisingly1667
unhoped1667
astonishingly1668
staggeringlya1682
shockingly1741
outrageously1749
funnily1837
shockingly1883
amazingly1928
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adverb]
wonderlyc897
sellya1000
wonderc1175
wonderfullya1300
marvellouslya1382
marvellousa1400
marvelly?a1400
wonderful14..
wonderslyc1489
to marvelc1500
wondersc1528
wondrously1535
prodigiously1541
wondrous1557
admirably1570
admiredly1598
to a miracle?1614
marls1615
amazingly1650
miridically1652
mirificously1657
surprisingly1661
to wonder1661
astonishingly1668
prodigious1694
strikingly1752
amazing1760
à merveille1762
astoundingly1826
mirifically1873
breathtakingly1887
eye-poppingly1959
mind-bogglingly1973
staggeringly1976
mind-blowingly1977
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > amazingly or wonderfully
wonderlyc1000
wonderc1175
wonderfullya1300
marvellouslya1382
marvellousa1400
marvelly?a1400
wonderful14..
miraculouslya1425
wonderslyc1489
wondersc1528
wondrously1535
prodigiously1541
wondrous1557
stupendly1621
stupendiously1629
amazingly1650
stupendously1659
astonishingly1668
tremendously1684
prodigious1694
portentously1755
miraculous1766
awesomely1821
stunningly1823
fabulously1845
devastatingly1905
fantastically1923
dizzyingly1952
staggeringly1976
1575 G. Gascoigne & F. Kinwelmershe Iocasta iii. i, in G. Gascoigne Hundreth Flowres sig. Qii To stay our state that staggringly do stand.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 36 While we are but staggeringly evil, we are not left without..merciful interventions, to recal us unto our selves.
1878 ‘Ouida’ Friendship ii Staggeringly and audaciously impossible.
1898 B. Gregory Side Lights 489 We bore up staggeringly against wind and tide.
1976 J. Cooper Harriet xvi. 131 She felt staggeringly untogether... She had a blinding headache.
1979 PN Rev. 9 60/2 It is the mark of staggeringly few of the great pulpiteers.
1979 Guardian 3 Nov. 11/3 What he is going to say in his six lectures..is staggeringly banal.
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