Cripplingly
Severely and cripplingly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Severely" instead an adverb "Cripplingly".
Severely
Severely adverb - In a manner so as to cause loss or suffering.
Cripplingly and severely are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cripplingly" instead an adverb "Severely".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The case had been made that the Soviet Union created its nuclear arsenal, a glacis of subjugated satellite states, and maintained a cripplingly huge military because its leaders and, actually, the whole country, were severely traumatised by the massive slaughter of the German attack.
Source: Never Be Hurt Again
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