"crashingly" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more crashingly [comparative], most crashingly [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English crashing Middle English -ly English -ly English crashingly From crashing + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|crashing|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English crashing Middle English -ly English -ly English crashingly [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "crashingly", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="crashingly"> From crashing + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv}} crashingly (comparative more crashingly, superlative most crashingly)
  1. While crashing, or as if crashing
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  2. Absolutely; terribly
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