crushingly

Everyday

1. Crushingly means very strongly or in a way that is overwhelming, so you feel defeated or flattened. tree →
2. Crushingly is used before adjectives like «boring», «disappointing» or «obvious» to mean «extremely». tree →

In the lessons

Used in sports reports and stories: «crushingly defeated» (beaten by a lot), «crushingly disappointing» (very upsetting). It tells the reader the feeling or result was overwhelming.

Examples

• Our team was crushingly defeated, 9–0. tree →
• The ending of the film was crushingly sad. tree →
• The long speech was crushingly boring. tree →
• It was crushingly obvious that he had eaten the cake. tree →
• The news was crushingly disappointing for the fans. tree →
• The heat was crushingly heavy in the afternoon. tree →

Note

Adjective: crushing (a crushing defeat). Verb: crush. In a sports problem, «crushingly beaten» means a big difference in score.