EGAVE

staggering

About 2.17 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb present participle and gerund of stagger
  2. adjective Incredible, overwhelming, amazing.
    The army suffered a staggering defeat.
  3. adjective Lurching, floundering.
  4. noun The motion of one who staggers.
  5. noun The condition of being staggered or amazed.
  6. noun The spacing out of various actions over time.
  7. noun In animation, the repetition of a sequence of frames to show struggling effort

Similar words

astonishing astounding impressive stupefying unsteady stumbling lurching weaving exorbitant overwhelming

Often followed by

under and to in blow number gait amount along

Word family

staggeringly

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