crushingly Definition

crush
verb crushes, crushed, crushing

1. To break, damage, bruise, injure or distort by compressing violently.
2. To grind or pound into powder, crumbs, etc.

Thesaurus: pulverize, granulate, powder.
tr & intr
3. To crumple or crease.
4. To defeat, subdue or humiliate.

Thesaurus: defeat, overwhelm, annihilate, subdue, quell, vanquish; oppress, persecute, subjugate.

noun crushes

1. Violent compression.
2. A dense crowd.
3. A drink made from the juice of crushed fruit.

Example: orange crush
4a. colloq
An amorous passion, usually an unsuitable one; an infatuation;
4b. colloq
The object of such an infatuation.

Derivative: crushable
adj

Derivative: crushed
adj

Derivative: crusher
noun

Derivative: crushing
adj

Derivative: crushingly
adverb

Etymology: 14c: from French croissir, from Latin cruscire to crackle.