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- adverb In a way that
cripples , or iscrippling
Etymologies
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Examples
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Fellow undergraduates recall a cripplingly shy, clever girl who was taken out to buy new clothes at M&S.
Karen Armstrong: The compassionate face of religion Vanessa Thorpe 2010
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Seems harsh, but someone with cripplingly low self confidence/esteem is like a bottomless void.
Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing 2009
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Nope, I'm supposed to be self-effacing and cripplingly humble.
Gillian Clark: Chaz Bono's Unscripted Reality Gillian Clark 2011
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Nope, I'm supposed to be self-effacing and cripplingly humble.
Gillian Clark: Chaz Bono's Unscripted Reality Gillian Clark 2011
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Nope, I'm supposed to be self-effacing and cripplingly humble.
Gillian Clark: Chaz Bono's Unscripted Reality Gillian Clark 2011
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Assuming we're not overly-sensitive and cripplingly apologetic.
The Kills SVGL 2009
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They raised a whole host of good points, including that 3D has been PROVEN to make some people ill, and that 3D has a cripplingly high potential to be overused.
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Honestly, how stupid or cripplingly paranoid do you have to be to buy this hooey?
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In this country even someone as cripplingly stupid as YOU can call yourself what ever you want while making a fool out of yourself on a website
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Honestly, how stupid or cripplingly paranoid do you have to be to buy this hooey?
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