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  • adverb Alternative spelling of paralyzingly.

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Examples

  • Because the books' fans are so paralysingly stupid, chances are good they won't even notice.

    Credit Where It's Due juliette 2009

  • Just not quite as paralysingly, heart-stoppingly terrified as Mona.

    The Apprentice: Swimming With Sharks juliette 2009

  • Because the books' fans are so paralysingly stupid, chances are good they won't even notice.

    Archive 2009-02-01 juliette 2009

  • Just not quite as paralysingly, heart-stoppingly terrified as Mona.

    Archive 2009-04-01 juliette 2009

  • Still, I was terribly, paralysingly jealous of an acquaintance of mine, who'd got an Xmas present from her man worth five grand.

    Of Lice And Men juliette 2009

  • The wall was so paralysingly vast and sheer that its top, bottom and sides passed away beyond the reach of sight.

    The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy Adams, Douglas 1996

  • Why on earth she should think it might be Luke Chalmers she had no idea, but when she recognised that the male voice on the other end of the line be longed to a stranger, it wasn't relief she felt, but something paralysingly close to disappointment.

    A Time to Dream Jordan, Penny 1991

  • Why on earth she should think it might be Luke Chalmers she had no idea, but when she recognised that the male voice on the other end of the line be longed to a stranger, it wasn't relief she felt, but something paralysingly close to disappointment.

    A Time to Dream Jordan, Penny 1991

  • The wall was so paralysingly vast and sheer that its top, bottom and sides passed away beyond the reach of sight.

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1979

  • The April air was keen and fresh, but not paralysingly cold; Hornblower's gloves and heavy coat were barely necessary.

    Hornblower And The Hotspur Forester, C. S. 1962

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