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breathtakingly /ˈbrɛθteɪkɪŋli /adverb1In an astonishing or awe-inspiring way, so as to take one’s breath away: the beach is endless and breathtakingly beautiful the sharks will pass breathtakingly close if you stay completely still...- The breathtakingly witty, even poetic, end alone is worth the price of admission.
- Indeed, the technical skill of this artist cannot be overstated: each image is breathtakingly painted.
- This collection of songs is breathtakingly good, rustling up a myriad of comparisons to their contemporaries.
1.1 [as submodifier] To an extreme or shocking degree; incredibly: a breathtakingly racist, angry rant a breathtakingly aggressive takeover...- The patent system is breathtakingly inefficient.
- How would you feel, if some tabloid hack wrote a breathtakingly unpleasant, factually inaccurate, and demonstrably defamatory article identifying you by name?
- Well, that's just a breathtakingly willful mischaracterization of what Chris wrote.
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