dauntingly

English

Etymology

From daunting +‎ -ly.

Adverb

dauntingly (comparative more dauntingly, superlative most dauntingly)

  1. In a daunting manner.
    • 2025 July 9, Richard Foster, “Summer specials and holiday hotspots”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 60:
      The 1920s and 1930s had established a convention of showing bathing beauties, many in dauntingly athletic poses, often depicted with male companions.
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