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stinkingly, adv.|ˈstɪŋkɪŋlɪ| [f. stinking ppl. a. + -ly2.] 1. In a stinking manner.
1545Elyot Dict., Rancide, aduerbe, stynkyngly. 1603Shakes. Meas. for M. iii. ii. 28 Canst thou beleeue thy liuing is a life, So stinkingly depending? 1667H. More Div. Dial. ii. xviii. (1713) All these would have infinitely a worse Scent to our Souls, that this which you say is so stinkingly evil can have to our Noses. 1727Bailey vol. II, Fulsomly, stinkingly, loathsomly, nastily. 2. Excessively, extraordinarily. Cf. stinking ppl. a. 1 e. colloq.
1906R. Fry Let. 14 Jan. (1972) I. 248 The Raphael..[is] stinkingly pretty and gives me no aesthetic pleasure. 1951M. Kennedy Lucy Carmichael ii. i. 65 He is..frightfully good-looking..and stinkingly rich. 1957J. Braine Room at Top xxvi. 207 We got really stinkingly sozzled... I don't believe that I've ever drunk so much before. 1979N. Freeling Widow xxvi. 158 A bungalow, very large and super and stinkingly rich. |