Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
thumping manner.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word thumpingly.
Examples
-
The last sentence is so thumpingly obvious Romney was soon under pressure to recant, or rather clarify.
Republicans Return to Reality Peggy Noonan 2011
-
The last sentence is so thumpingly obvious Romney was soon under pressure to recant, or rather clarify.
Republicans Return to Reality Peggy Noonan 2011
-
There are some quite specific foods to ditch for each ailment, but the thumpingly obvious mantra of "eat less crap" seems to be the overriding theme, doled out in a rather self-congratulatory style.
-
It's a wheel-thumpingly frustrating-at-the-time moment but indicative of the care that has gone into the game.
F1 2010 – review Giles Richards 2010
-
It's leaden, thumpingly obvious lines like this that will raise the simmering ire of fans of the Danish original, but the US version appears to be a very different beast.
-
One of electronic music's best live bands plays thumpingly loud dance anthems that never lack for cathartic crescendos.
Getting Up Guide: Underworld; A Sunny Day in Glasgow Alex Baldinger 2010
-
This seems to translate into valuable lessons about life that she shares with readers, but those don't come along so thumpingly as to be annoying.
-
Brian Clough boringly insisted on buying Peter Shilton, for instance, and Howard Kendall stuck with the thumpingly predictable Neville Southall.
Arsène Wenger's goalkeeping blindspot is simply bananas Harry Pearson 2010
-
Their prose is sometimes bodice-ripping and over the top, sometimes thumpingly clichéd, but no one to my knowledge has come forward to say, "I didn't say that!" or, "That's a lie!"
Road to the Nut House Peggy Noonan 2010
-
Their prose is sometimes bodice-ripping and over the top, sometimes thumpingly clichéd, but no one to my knowledge has come forward to say, "I didn't say that!" or, "That's a lie!"
Road to the Nut House Peggy Noonan 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.