devastatingly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

devastating +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

devastatingly (comparative more devastatingly, superlative most devastatingly)

  1. In a devastating manner.
    • 2016 February 23, Robbie Collin, “Grimsby review: ' Sacha Baron Cohen's vital, venomous action movie'”, in The Daily Telegraph (London):
      Grimsby doesn’t ever wound quite as devastatingly as Borat or Brüno, but it’s a vital, lavish, venomously profane two fingers up at Benefits Street pity porn and the social division it fosters.