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cripplingly, adv.|ˈkrɪplɪŋlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
So as to cripple or disable.
1899Daily News 18 Feb. 6/3 The new skirts are very long, cripplingly so. 1927Daily Express 4 Nov. 3/4 The damage, the cost, the contamination are cripplingly unbearable. 1955Times 1 July 16/3 The standard rate of income tax..remains at a cripplingly high level. |