dauntingly

dauntingly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English daunting
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English dauntingly

    From daunting + -ly.

    Adverb

    dauntingly (comparative more dauntingly, superlative most dauntingly)

    1. In a daunting manner.
      • 2025 July 9, Richard Foster, “Summer specials and holiday hotspots”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 60:
        The 1920s and 1930s had established a convention of showing bathing beauties, many in dauntingly athletic poses, often depicted with male companions.
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