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breathtaking [breth-tey-king] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN adjective thrillingly beautiful, remarkable, astonishing, exciting, or the like: a breathtaking performance. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of breathtaking First recorded in 1875–80; breath + take + -ing2 Related formsbreath·tak·ing·ly, adverb Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for breathtakingly Contemporary Examples of breathtakingly
The dance sequences in Pina are breathtakingly filmed—some in the theater, some in outdoor settings.
Wim Wenders Talks About His 3-D Pina Bausch Documentary
Stephen Farber
December 23, 2011
The good cop/bad cop routine with Joe Biden, who dutifully argued against more troops, was breathtakingly cynical.
Lee Siegel
November 30, 2009
A few weeks ago, she debuted her spring collection of breathtakingly short, tight dresses and skirts, to critical raves.
Rebecca Dana
October 20, 2009
He had bet on real estate for decades and been breathtakingly successful.
Larry Kramer
December 8, 2008
Historical Examples of breathtakingly
No woman he had ever known seemed so breathtakingly beautiful.
Irving E. Cox
The feeling of being cast on your own resources is at once blissfully uplifting and breathtakingly fearsome.
Ralph Henry Barbour
British Dictionary definitions for breathtakingly breathtaking adjective causing awe or excitementa breathtaking view Derived Formsbreathtakingly, adverb Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for breathtakingly breathtaking adj.
1867, from breath + present participle of take (v.). Phrase to take (one’s) breath away with astonishment or delight is from 1864. Breathtaking (n.) “act of taking breaths or a breath” is from 1620s. Related: Breathtakingly.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
