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suffocatingly

adverb

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Wiktionary

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English suffocating Middle English -ly English -ly English suffocatingly From suffocating + -ly.

  1. In a suffocating manner, or to a degree that suffocates

    “The hall was suffocatingly crowded.”

    “[...] then, after about ½-mile of level through Pilning the climb is resumed at 1 in 100 for another three miles, including over a mile through a suffocatingly smoky single line tunnel (the down line being on a different and steeper location) to Patchway station.”