earth-shatteringly
adverb
(alsoearthshatteringly)uk/ˈɜːθˌʃæt.ər.ɪŋ.li/us/ˈɝːθˌʃæt̬.ər.ɪŋ.li/in a way that isextremelyimportant,interesting, orsurprising:
Thefilmisn't earth-shatteringlyoriginal, but it's well-made andentertaining.
What is so earthshatteringlyimportantthat you had tocallme at six in themorning?
Synonym
earthshakingly
- Iknowthere is nothing earth-shatteringly new in any of this, but I stillfinditinteresting.
- Both themaincourseswere good, but not earth-shatteringlyspectacular.
- You don't have to write anything earthshatteringly witty—justanswerthequestion.
- Thesenumbersare not earth-shatteringlyhuge, but they aregrowing.
Very important or urgent
- all-important
- at all cost(s)idiom
- be a matter of life and/or deathidiom
- chief
- clutch
- co-principal
- life-changing
- mainly
- major league
- make the world go around/roundidiom
- marmoreal
- meaningful
- pressing
- prominent
- radical
- revalorization
- revalorize
- sacred
- salient
- subtle
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