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Etymology

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From destroying +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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destroyingly (comparative more destroyingly, superlative most destroyingly)

  1. In a way that destroys.
    • 1818–1819 (date written), Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Prometheus Unbound”, in Prometheus Unbound [], London: C[harles] and J[ames] Ollier [], published 1820, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 58:
      Tho' Ruin now Love's shadow be, / Following him, destroyingly, / On Death's white and winged steed, / Which the fleetest cannot flee, [...]
    • 1914, Jean Lang, A Book of Myths:
      the voice of a storm that sweeps destroyingly over forest and mountain

Usage notes

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Often used in combination, for example, soul-destroyingly.

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