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Meaning of stoppingly | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR B2

Definitions

In a way that causes something to stop.

in-compounds, not-comparable

Examples

“a heart-stoppingly beautiful man”
“Over a dirty hemp tunic he'd thrown a jerkin of goat's pelt in the manner of goatherds, two splints on the ankles were tied blood-stoppingly fast with leather thongs.”
“Neither of them detracted from how traffic-stoppingly handsome he was, but they were enough to inspire questions and the ensuing jokes about how she'd beaten him up.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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