intoxicatinglyadv.
/ɪnˈtɒksᵻkeɪtɪŋli/, U.S. /ᵻnˈtɑksəˌkeɪdɪŋli/ In an intoxicating manner; so as to be intoxicating.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > [adverb] > in a stupefied manner > in a stupefying manner
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1720 T. Gordon Humourist I. 125 If you have a Mind to make the Receipt more intoxicatingly infallible, you must manage it thus.
1892 Sat. Rev. 30 July 127/1 They will drink deeply, intoxicatingly, of the Pierian streams.
1981 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 25 Jan. (Late City Final ed.) xi. 2/1 The two men stepped from the car into intoxicatingly fresh, stinging air.
2008 Independent on Sunday 10 Aug. (New Review) 40/1 Soft summer English berries are the best in the world. Gentle in flavour and intoxicatingly fragrant when plumply ripe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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