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Vinony

damningly

adverb

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Wiktionary

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English damning Middle English -ly English -ly English damningly From damning + -ly.

  1. In a damning manner, or to an extent that is damning.

    “The recordings are damningly explicit.”

    “In contrast, Kindersley takes an approach that is closer to that of a descriptive linguist and is largely devoid of the superior tone of Goffin: where Kindersley uses the term ‘pleonastic cliché’, Goffin more damningly has ‘phrase-mongering’.”