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- adverb In a
damning manner, or to an extent that is damning
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sleaze, a word damningly synonymous with the Tories during their final years in power, had become a Labour issue too.
A Question of Honour Lord Michael Levy 2008
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No, they add damningly, "The man was all politics all the time."
Robert Teitelman: Morgenson and Rosner's "Reckless Endangerment" Robert Teitelman 2011
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More damningly, he said, "the organization does baby him."
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The shocking crimes of these disturbed youths lead to interviews with Dr. Wertham and the revelation that the leader of the Brooklyn Thrill Killers was inspired by horror and crime comics, including most damningly, the Nights of Horror series.
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The shocking crimes of these disturbed youths lead to interviews with Dr. Wertham and the revelation that the leader of the Brooklyn Thrill Killers was inspired by horror and crime comics, including most damningly, the Nights of Horror series.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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No, they add damningly, "The man was all politics all the time."
Robert Teitelman: Morgenson and Rosner's "Reckless Endangerment" Robert Teitelman 2011
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Most damningly, Knepper had also posted a photo of two quite young-looking males sharing an embrace, and said he found the image arousing.
Michael Tracey: Pedophilia Accusations in the Conservative Blogosphere: How the Right Abandoned One of Their Brightest Michael Tracey 2010
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Lacking the clout to lower quotas, afraid of appearing anti-industry, and—most remarkably and damningly—so attached to whaling as a source of research data that they could not bear to see it disappear, the scientists of the International Whaling Commission were "sucked into the belly of the beast," Mr. Burnett concludes.
The Cetacean Century Jennie Erin Smith 2012
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Most damningly of all, the Taliban control 70% of the country.
Azeem Ibrahim: Negotiations With the Taliban Point to the Need to Leave Afghanistan Azeem Ibrahim 2010
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But perhaps most damningly of all, Dyer says the book is not terrible, it is just so … average.
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