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单词 devastatingly
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Definition of devastatingly in English:

devastatingly

adverb ˈdɛvəsteɪtɪŋliˈdɛvəˌsteɪdɪŋli
  • 1In a highly destructive or damaging way.

    those countries were devastatingly affected by the tsunami
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The initial demographic impact of European colonialism was devastatingly negative.
    • A collapse of the country's economy would have a devastatingly destabilising impact on the region.
    • Death during childbirth was commonplace and infant mortality devastatingly high.
    • Across the world, the colonisation of time happened as surely and as devastatingly as the colonisation of land.
    • People all around town were dying from the flu, it struck so quickly and devastatingly.
    • Two thousand adherents of the old Tokugawa order were devastatingly crushed by imperial troops.
    • Major Tony Hibbert remembers the German tanks were now devastatingly effective.
    • America has become very, very good at fighting wars efficiently and devastatingly.
    • The Taj is beautiful, but unfortunately located in a heartbreakingly poor, devastatingly polluted modern city.
    • This is a narrow island and was hit devastatingly hard on both ends by 15-foot waves, killing 1,500 people.
    1. 1.1 In a manner causing severe shock, distress, or grief.
      the council's figures devastatingly confirm my own shocking findings
      as submodifier devastatingly bad news
      Example sentencesExamples
      • When a real threat emerges, his lifelong habit of hiding behind false identities is suddenly and devastatingly exposed.
      • He was returning to the place where he had offered up his most emotionally draining, yet devastatingly insulting proposal to Elizabeth.
      • Some chapters are devastatingly sad, others are funny, some are sexy.
      • Wickedly funny and devastatingly moving, this is an extraordinary first novel.
      • Cancer is a devastatingly isolating disease, both for patients and their carers.
      • Devastatingly for Kate and the audience, Adam breaks her heart and moves on to Paula.
      • Her ambition to have her star quality discovered is devastatingly dashed by a new arrival at the school who threatens to upstage her plans.
      • She broke off contact with her father, devastatingly losing her faith in both him and the Church.
      • Though Jimmy's home life isn't especially stable it's not devastatingly messed up either.
      • Bradfield, as Nuala, devastatingly shows a heart being broken before our eyes.
  • 2To an extremely impressive degree.

    no artist has more devastatingly exposed the folly of his fellow men
    as submodifier a devastatingly attractive man
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He demonstrates his points well, sometimes devastatingly.
    • He delivers devastatingly simple and beautiful songs.
    • This trio will not be given the chance to record together again, but here they give a glimpse of something which could have proved devastatingly awesome.
    • He accurately and devastatingly accuses the civil service of a public procurement policy that excludes home-grown small and medium-sized enterprises.
    • Sounding devastatingly fantastic, the set's "ballad" is followed by the searing genius that is ' Is It Any Wonder Why I Wander '.
    • It went devastatingly well.
    • He was expected to be the sort of party animal that was so devastatingly portrayed in Less Than Zero, a novelist who rubbed shoulders with rock music legends.
    • While he could be devastatingly fast on track, his road riding was measured and well judged.
    • He displayed a charm that could be used devastatingly to his advantage.
    • He still looked devastatingly handsome with an unmistakably noble air, a vivid proof of his lineage.
 
 

Definition of devastatingly in US English:

devastatingly

adverbˈdevəˌstādiNGlēˈdɛvəˌsteɪdɪŋli
  • 1In a highly destructive or damaging way.

    those countries were devastatingly affected by the tsunami
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Major Tony Hibbert remembers the German tanks were now devastatingly effective.
    • The Taj is beautiful, but unfortunately located in a heartbreakingly poor, devastatingly polluted modern city.
    • Two thousand adherents of the old Tokugawa order were devastatingly crushed by imperial troops.
    • America has become very, very good at fighting wars efficiently and devastatingly.
    • People all around town were dying from the flu, it struck so quickly and devastatingly.
    • Across the world, the colonisation of time happened as surely and as devastatingly as the colonisation of land.
    • The initial demographic impact of European colonialism was devastatingly negative.
    • This is a narrow island and was hit devastatingly hard on both ends by 15-foot waves, killing 1,500 people.
    • Death during childbirth was commonplace and infant mortality devastatingly high.
    • A collapse of the country's economy would have a devastatingly destabilising impact on the region.
    1. 1.1 In a manner causing severe shock, distress, or grief.
      the council's figures devastatingly confirm my own shocking findings
      as submodifier devastatingly bad news
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Devastatingly for Kate and the audience, Adam breaks her heart and moves on to Paula.
      • Some chapters are devastatingly sad, others are funny, some are sexy.
      • Cancer is a devastatingly isolating disease, both for patients and their carers.
      • When a real threat emerges, his lifelong habit of hiding behind false identities is suddenly and devastatingly exposed.
      • She broke off contact with her father, devastatingly losing her faith in both him and the Church.
      • He was returning to the place where he had offered up his most emotionally draining, yet devastatingly insulting proposal to Elizabeth.
      • Bradfield, as Nuala, devastatingly shows a heart being broken before our eyes.
      • Wickedly funny and devastatingly moving, this is an extraordinary first novel.
      • Though Jimmy's home life isn't especially stable it's not devastatingly messed up either.
      • Her ambition to have her star quality discovered is devastatingly dashed by a new arrival at the school who threatens to upstage her plans.
  • 2To an extremely impressive degree.

    no artist has more devastatingly exposed the folly of his fellow men
    as submodifier a devastatingly attractive man
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He demonstrates his points well, sometimes devastatingly.
    • He was expected to be the sort of party animal that was so devastatingly portrayed in Less Than Zero, a novelist who rubbed shoulders with rock music legends.
    • He displayed a charm that could be used devastatingly to his advantage.
    • It went devastatingly well.
    • This trio will not be given the chance to record together again, but here they give a glimpse of something which could have proved devastatingly awesome.
    • He accurately and devastatingly accuses the civil service of a public procurement policy that excludes home-grown small and medium-sized enterprises.
    • He still looked devastatingly handsome with an unmistakably noble air, a vivid proof of his lineage.
    • Sounding devastatingly fantastic, the set's "ballad" is followed by the searing genius that is ' Is It Any Wonder Why I Wander '.
    • While he could be devastatingly fast on track, his road riding was measured and well judged.
    • He delivers devastatingly simple and beautiful songs.
 
 
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