Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb With a
slapping sound or motion.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word slappingly.
Examples
-
This list celebrates the most forehead-slappingly curious decisions in Oscar history, ranking the most questionable victories in the order of their “what the hell?”
-
Probably because I'm easily amused and find slapstick thigh-slappingly hilarious.
-
The third film, by virtue of having three hundred subplots, focuses less on the annoying Peter Parker/Mary Jane romantic plot, and is less forehead-slappingly obnoxious despite the kitchen-sink plotting.
Scott Mendelson: Huff Post review: Twilight Saga: Eclipse 2010
-
Does it seem forehead-slappingly obvious to suggest, despite all the clichés, lousy track records and Tiger Woods, that men come in such a huge array of shapes, styles and configurations?
Mark Morford: The "Rise of the Woman" and Other Bellwethers of Change 2010
-
We have horribly stupid writing, astonishingly insulting expositional voice over, mediocre acting, wasted talent, head-slappingly stupid action, and a sensibility that caters to pre-adolescent boys who still fear cooties.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2008
-
Does it seem forehead-slappingly obvious to suggest, despite all the clichés, lousy track records and Tiger Woods, that men come in such a huge array of shapes, styles and configurations?
Mark Morford: The "Rise of the Woman" and Other Bellwethers of Change 2010
-
Unfortunately, through a series of circumstances too forehead-slappingly stupid to be convincingly related here, Allyson is soon going to be out of her current job.
Help a Fangrrl Out? Sean 2009
-
Michael Tobis says that Jeffrey Sachs 'argument for a tax "makes sense" to him, but Kevin points out that Sachs' argument is somewhat hampered by the fact that virtually every single sentence is head-slappingly false.
David Roberts: Cap-and-Trade vs. Carbon Tax: A Bird in Hand Is Worth Two on Alpha Centauri 2009
-
They both think the idea of murdering liberals is knee-slappingly funny.
-
But his recent column is just an outright nuclear disaster: head-slappingly wrong on the merits, politically naive and tone deaf, and timed so poorly as to be malicious.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.