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devastatingly /ˈdɛvəsteɪtɪŋli /adverb1In a highly destructive or damaging way: those countries were devastatingly affected by the tsunami...- America has become very, very good at fighting wars efficiently and devastatingly.
- People all around town were dying from the flu, it struck so quickly and devastatingly.
- This is a narrow island and was hit devastatingly hard on both ends by 15-foot waves, killing 1,500 people.
1.1In a manner causing severe shock, distress, or grief: the council’s figures devastatingly confirm my own shocking findings [as submodifier]: devastatingly bad news...- Some chapters are devastatingly sad, others are funny, some are sexy.
- She broke off contact with her father, devastatingly losing her faith in both him and the Church.
- Bradfield, as Nuala, devastatingly shows a heart being broken before our eyes.
2To an extremely impressive degree: no artist has more devastatingly exposed the folly of his fellow men [as submodifier]: a devastatingly attractive man...- He still looked devastatingly handsome with an unmistakably noble air, a vivid proof of his lineage.
- Sounding devastatingly fantastic, the set's "ballad" is followed by the searing genius that is ' Is It Any Wonder Why I Wander '.
- It went devastatingly well.
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