Breathtakingly

/ˈbrɛθˌteɪkɪŋli/ adverb

In a way that is astonishing, stunning, or so beautiful or exciting that it takes your breath away and makes you pause in awe.

From 'breathtaking' (breath + taking, meaning literally to take someone's breath), with the adverbial suffix '-ly' (Old English 'lice'). The phrase became common in 19th-century literary English to describe overwhelming beauty or shock.

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