crashingly
In shattering fashion
Crashingly is an intensifying adverb meaning to an overwhelming or spectacular degree, usually modifying negative adjectives: crashingly boring, crashingly dull, crashingly obvious.
The word evokes the noise and force of a crash—something so extreme it can't be ignored.
It appears mostly in British English and tends toward the literary or sardonic.
To an overpowering degree
- devastatinglyIn a ruinous manner
- staggeringlyIn an overwhelming manner
- shatteringlyIn a breaking manner
- thunderinglyIn a crashing, loud way
stunningly · stupefyingly · blindingly · searingly · brutally · punishingly · terribly · awfully
At ear-shattering volume
- thunderouslyWith great, rumbling volume
- earsplittinglyIn an extremely loud manner
- boominglyWith loud reverberation
- roaringlyIn a loud, powerful manner
resonantly · cacophonously · tumultuously · clamorously · raucously · piercingly · explosively
overwhelmingly
To an overpowering degree
- devastatinglyIn a ruinous manner
- staggeringlyIn an overwhelming manner
- shatteringlyIn a breaking manner
thunderingly · stunningly · stupefyingly · blindingly · searingly · brutally · punishingly · terribly · awfully · dreadfully
deafeningly
At ear-shattering volume
- thunderouslyWith great, rumbling volume
- earsplittinglyIn an extremely loud manner
- boominglyWith loud reverberation
roaringly · resonantly · cacophonously · tumultuously · clamorously · raucously · piercingly · explosively
crashinglyquietly
Without making noise
silently · inaudibly · soundlessly · noiselessly · softly
crashinglygently
In a mild manner
softly · calmly · peacefully · delicately · subtly
- crashing outFalling asleep suddenly
- crashing wavesSurf hitting the shore
- crashing and burningFailing dramatically and publicly
- gate crashingAttending events uninvited
- crashing surf
- crashing boreExtremely dull person