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Meaning of breath-catchingly | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C2

Definitions

shockingly; so as to make one catch one's breath

Examples

“Some of Grimsby’s other (extraordinarily up-to-date) targets include Donald Trump and Daniel Radcliffe, whose fates here are too breath-catchingly cruel to spoil, and also the admirably game Strong, whose character is beset by a constant stream of humiliations that hit with the force of a jet of…well, you’ll see.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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