stonkingly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

stonking +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

stonkingly (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly British) To an impressive extent or degree; very.
    • 2007, Robert MacGregor, I Can't Take Any More Crap!, page 71:
      Go to your local superstore, and count the number of really, stonkingly, floor-creakingly fat women wearing horribly tight clothing. You will see lots of them within ten yards of where you stand.
    • 2022 October 22, Maureen Dowd, “Ralph Fiennes, Master of Monsters”, in The New York Times[1]:
      He turned in a wonderful comic performance in Mr. Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and he enjoyed playing Lord Voldemort, once Martha explained who the “Harry Potter” villain was and told him it was a “stonkingly vast, mega, mega part.”