Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an apocalyptic manner; in, or in relation to, the Apocalypse; by revelation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb By revelation; in an apocalyptic manner.
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- adverb in an
apocalyptic manner - adverb in a manner
portending future disaster ,devastation anddoom
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Examples
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Aren't these worthy of scrutiny, to show voters not, perhaps, what John McCain secretly believes, but the kind of apocalyptically dangerous thinking he's willing to validate to get the shock troops to for vote for him?
Sarah Posner: Hagee in 2003: God Raised Up Bush to "Crush Saddam Hussein" 2008
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Are we to assume that this statement is made 'apocalyptically'? i.e. that he likens his own
open source theology - Comments adhunt 2008
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CLARIFICATION: What we meant was that 97.839% of writers who use Courier are epically, wildly, apocalyptically terrible.
Mystery of the Day 2009
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The Bank of England has apocalyptically described the danger we face as a "very significant catastrophe risk."
Send In the IMF Andrew Tyrie 2012
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So you're saying a manuscript written in Courier still has a 2.161% chance of not enduring epically, wildly, and apocalyptically terrible failure?
Mystery of the Day 2009
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Crap, today I find out I'm apocalyptically terrible, and suicidal.
Mystery of the Day 2009
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I will venture that sometimes writers write the apocalyptically good sex scene because of what Russell identifies: the lazy presumption (unless it is written by Anais Nin) that the character is a thin flirt of a disguise for the writer.
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CLARIFICATION: What we meant was that 97.839% of writers who use Courier are epically, wildly, apocalyptically terrible.
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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"The key to the John Ziegler Show," says the angry, outraged, and apocalyptically gleeful talk-radio host John Ziegler, "is that I am almost completely real."
The Listener 2010
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Scientific research has confirmed our suspicions: 97.839% of manuscripts written in Courier are epically, wildly, apocalyptically terrible.
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
bilby commented on the word apocalyptically
Oooh, impressive ghost! Bringing horsemen!
July 25, 2008