vertiginously
In dizzying fashion
Vertiginously means in a way that causes or suggests vertigo—dizzying, disorienting, or precipitously steep.
Heights drop vertiginously.
Prices can rise vertiginously.
The word often emphasizes dramatic speed or scale: The camera panned vertiginously down the cliff face.
Stock values climbed vertiginously before the crash.
In a lightheaded manner
- reelingUnsteady from shock
- swayingRhythmic lateral movement
- unsteadyLacking balance or stability
- staggeringShockingly impressive or unsteady
wobbling · teetering · lightheaded · giddy · woozy · spinning · whirling · bewildering
Extremely steep, almost vertical
- cliffVertical rock wall
- sheerAbsolute; also diaphanous
- plungingDescending steeply and quickly
- dizzyingCausing spatial disorientation
towering · abyss · chasm · ledge · overlook · drop · escarpment · bluff
Curving in widening circles
- acceleratingIncreasing in speed
- soaringRising effortlessly upward
- plummetingFalling steeply and fast
- skyrocketingRising sharply and quickly
escalating · meteoric · dizzying · breakneck · exponential · surging · rocketing · ballooning
dizzily
In a lightheaded manner
staggering · wobbling · teetering · lightheaded · giddy · woozy · spinning · whirling · bewildering · confusing
precipitous
Extremely steep, almost vertical
dizzying · towering · abyss · chasm · ledge · overlook · drop · escarpment · bluff · gorge
spiraling
Curving in widening circles
- acceleratingIncreasing in speed
- soaringRising effortlessly upward
- plummetingFalling steeply and fast
skyrocketing · escalating · meteoric · dizzying · breakneck · exponential · surging · rocketing · ballooning · snowballing
vertiginouslysteadily
In constant, unwavering fashion
stably · firmly · securely · solidly · unwaveringly
vertiginouslygradually
In slow stages
slowly · incrementally · steadily · gently · moderately
vertiginouslylow
Not elevated
levelheadedly · flatly · on solid ground · close to the ground · horizontally