Meaning & use
Vertiginously
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In a way that produces a whirling sensation of dizziness, or suggestive of great, dizzying height or speed.
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The road climbed vertiginously up the cliffside, with sheer drops on either side.
Stock prices rose vertiginously before crashing back to earth within days.
A note on using this word
Derived from vertigo, the Latin word for a whirling or spinning sensation; often used figuratively for rapid, disorienting change.
Words with a similar meaning
dizzyinglyprecipitously
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