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chokingly

American  
[chohk-ing-lee] / ˈtʃoʊk ɪŋ li /

adverb

  1. in a way that causes one to choke.

  2. while choking; in a way characterized or interrupted by choking.


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The resultant film, with its themes of both suppression and oppression, feels chokingly claustrophobic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2022

Kurita originally envisioned emojis as a workaround for cellphone users to deploy rudimentary graphics despite the chokingly slow connection speeds of the era.

From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2015

The sky was dark purple and stormy, the pollution was chokingly thick.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 23, 2015

At some large farms, she said, only the florets are processed for freezing or food service; the stems are shredded into the chokingly dry “broccoli slaw” sold in sealed bags at the supermarket.

From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2011

"Father's run away with the furniture and some woman," she explained chokingly.

From Ghetto Tragedies by Israel Zangwill

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