SUFFOCATINGLY

suffocatingly (comparative more suffocatingly, superlative most suffocatingly)

In a suffocating manner, or to a degree that suffocates

The hall was suffocatingly crowded.

Source: Wiktionary

SUFFOCATING

Suf"fo*ca`ting, a. & n.

Definition: from Suffocate, v.

– Suf"fo*ca`ting*ly, adv.

Suf"fo*cate, a. Etym: [L. suffocatus, p.p. of suffocare to choke; sub under + fauces the throat. Cf. Faucal.]

Definition: Suffocated; choked. Shak.

Suf"fo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suffocated; p. pr. & vb. n. Suffocating.]

1. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother. Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. Shak.

2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.

Suf"fo*cate, v. i.

Definition: To become choked, stifled, or smothered. "A swelling discontent is apt to suffocate and strangle without passage." collier.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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