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smokingly

adverb

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Wiktionary

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English smoking Middle English -ly English -ly English smokingly From smoking + -ly.

  1. So as to produce, or appear to produce, smoke.

    “June 9, 1960, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round […] horses proud of the crimson and yellow shaving-brushes on their heads, and of the sharp tingling bells upon their harness that chime far along the glaring white road along which they trample smokingly […]”

  2. Very; highly; extremely (said of sex appeal or a sexy appearance).

    “[…]I mainly only watch [The Big Bang Theory] because of Kaley Cuoco (the hot neighbor). She is smokingly perfect!”

    “He was short, dark, and smokingly sexy and sported a full beard (very rare in high school).”