devastatingly
adverb/ˈdevəsteɪtɪŋli/
/ˈdevəsteɪtɪŋli/
- in a way that causes a lot of damage and destruction
- America has become very good at fighting wars efficiently and devastatingly.
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- in a very impressive and powerful way
- a devastatingly handsome man
- The play was devastatingly funny.
- used to say that a situation or fact makes you shocked and very sad
- Devastatingly, my mother died from cancer.
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