passingly

adverb

Definition of passinglynext
as in most

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for passingly
  1. most
  2. extremely
  3. exceedingly
  4. such
  5. seriously
  6. terribly
  7. very
  8. far
Adverb
  • When asked which Golden Girl would most identify with Sharp, Simard emphatically answered Bea Arthur’s character Dorothy Zbornak without a second thought.
    Emily Burns, WWD, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Since establishing his firm in 2019, Toro has emerged as one of France’s most promising young creatives.
    Alice Cavanagh, Architectural Digest, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of most
Adverb
  • The fields of law and insurance are extremely complicated for the layperson, with documents full of terms and concepts that may as well be a foreign language to those unfamiliar with them.
    Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
  • These functions are easy to compute in one direction and extremely difficult to reverse.
    John Pavlus, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of extremely
Adverb
  • On Syria’s exceedingly complicated battlefield, H.T.S. and its earlier Al Qaeda incarnation opposed both Assad and various rebel groups, defeating many during years of intra-opposition infighting.
    Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The Origin of Flight Since flight doesn’t leave behind traces the way running does, its evolutionary origin is exceedingly difficult to trace.
    Margherita Bassi, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of exceedingly
Adverb
  • These irresponsible journalists should try such worthwhile exercises rather than squander their talents on Trump hatred and national division.
    Deroy Murdock, National Review, 20 Mar. 2020
  • To support such resource-intensive work, in 2003 Banerjee, Duflo, and a colleague founded the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), a network of nearly 200 researchers performing such randomized controlled experiments in economics.
    Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 14 Oct. 2019
Definition of such
Adverb
  • Take it seriously, says Chandri Navarro, senior counsel at the law firm Baker & McKenzie’s international commercial and trade practice.
    Peter Green, Quartz, 15 Dec. 2024
  • In February 2021, an ice storm with accompanying snow brought seriously cold weather to all 254 counties in the state.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of seriously
Adverb
  • Foxx’s health was failing terribly, and his vitals were down.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • That actually didn’t turn out terribly and was surprisingly bipartisan at the end.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of terribly
Adverb
  • Well, not all of AI, but in the very near future, there will be legislation aimed at protecting consumers from the nefarious use of AI.
    Shep Hyken, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
  • At the bike rental shop, a very large, very sweet German Shepherd greeted me from her dog bed by the counter.
    Jessica Pierce, TIME, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of very
Adverb
  • Jackson’s season-high for rushing yards so far is 122.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
  • So far, no other tune from the hard rockers has reached even half as many frames.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of far
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passing (into)

passingly

passing muster

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