passingly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for passingly
Adverb
  • This is horology at its most tactile and unapologetically luxurious.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 14 Apr. 2025
  • That is where presence matters most.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • Western Conference Finals Potential Opponents: Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers, Minnesota Timberwolves or Golden State Warriors The expectation is that the Thunder will have a clear path to the Western Conference Finals, which will undoubtedly be an extremely tough series.
    Nick Crain, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Revel is extremely talented, but the Bills need a corner who can step in and be good to go from the beginning of the season.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • The heaviest rain has exited these areas, but widespread and exceedingly rare major river flooding will continue through mid week.
    Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Declines of this magnitude over two days are exceedingly rare and typically result from significant upheaval.
    Michael Khouw, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • These irresponsible journalists should try such worthwhile exercises rather than squander their talents on Trump hatred and national division.
    Deroy Murdock, National Review, 20 Mar. 2020
  • To support such resource-intensive work, in 2003 Banerjee, Duflo, and a colleague founded the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), a network of nearly 200 researchers performing such randomized controlled experiments in economics.
    Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 14 Oct. 2019
Adverb
  • Last night, the superstar hit up her favorite restaurant in Santa Monica in a seriously stylish look.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The port serves as a major hub for incoming fuel shipments that power areas of Yemen held by the Houthis, and analysts say the airstrike could seriously affect daily life there.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • To Graydon Carter, a founder and coeditor of Air Mail and former editor of Vanity Fair, all of this seems terribly unfair.
    Nathan King, Architectural Digest, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Something would have to go terribly wrong for the Yankees to give up on the 2025 season.
    Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • Miami closed to within 85-79 very late in the third, a stretch when Miami briefly gave the Cavs problems with their zone defense.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Press very firmly into the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan.
    Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • The group is too far from Jackson to return to the city, and Abby leads them to a lodge where her friends are hiding out.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Now, the ruling has been stayed while the appellate court looks into the case further.
    CBS News, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2025
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“Passingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passingly. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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