Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a stabbing manner; with intent to do an act of secret malice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb By stabbing; with intent to injure covertly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb With a
stabbing motion or action.
Etymologies
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Examples
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James, unlike Crowded House actually did have a long and successful career in the UK and further afield with such mind-stabbingly addictive tracks like Sit Down and Destiny Calling, so some of us are actually are genuinely happy they are coming back.
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As I followed two of the wing-headed creatures of this alien land off the elevator, I had a sudden, stabbingly sharp mental image of the winged skull on the tombstone in King's Chapel graveyard.
Beacon Street Mourning Day, Dianne 2000
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Finally, when his eyes fluttered open and light entered stabbingly so that he had to close them again, he could make out sentences.
The Martian Way Asimov, Isaac, 1920- 1955
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Through a gap in the laurels they could see the ocean, stabbingly blue in contrast to the white dunes which reared battlements along the top of the gravel cliff.
The Innocents A Story for Lovers Sinclair Lewis 1918
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Claire and Ray are spies, but their targets aren't Cold War style feuding nations, but back-stabbingly nefarious multi-national corporations, battling over a secret formula for a household product that could change the world and reap billions for the winner.
Movie City News 2009
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IS ot just me or does Giethner remind anyone else of the weasely, shifty, back-stabbingly corrupt corporate guy in so many movies.
Hot Air » Top Picks 2009
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Claire and Ray are spies, but their targets aren't Cold War style feuding nations, but back-stabbingly nefarious multi-national corporations, battling over a secret formula for a household product that could change the world and reap billions for the winner.
Movie City News 2009
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Claire and Ray are spies, but their targets aren't Cold War style feuding nations, but back-stabbingly nefarious multi-national corporations, battling over a secret formula for a household product that could change the world and reap billions for the winner.
Movie City News 2009
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Gawd. "), even though they both hate each other for not doing any work at all, ever, which begs the question of how closely they are following the producers 'eye-stabbingly stereotypical gay boy script.
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Whereas Mr. Boll’s flicks are just eye-stabbingly horrible.
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