staggering — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Incredible, overwhelming, amazing.

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   The army suffered a staggering defeat.

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   It is this stretch which provides what is perhaps the most staggering scenic prospect of all; the impression made on the mind by the overwhelming height of the Eiger, towering over the train, is almost impossible to describe.

   Binance may be the biggest crypto house exposed, but it is simply the latest in a long line of financial institutions whose lack of money laundering oversight — and willingness to look the other way — has drawn in staggering amounts of illicit wealth and attracted the world’s leading criminal rings and kleptocratic regimes.

2. Lurching, floundering.

Noun

1. The motion of one who staggers.

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   There are to whom the gods, in their bounty, give glory: but far oftener it is given in wrath, as a curse and a poison; disturbing the whole inner health and industry of the man; leading onward through dizzy staggerings and tarantula jiggings […]

2. The condition of being staggered or amazed.

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   But these doubts, and fears, and staggerings, although they may be in the believer, yet they are not in his faith; these things argue the infirmity of his faith, indeed; but under all this, faith is fighting for the victory[…]

3. The spacing out of various actions over time.

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   As a result of the recommendation of the Committee of Inquiry into London Transport, a Government-sponsored scheme for the staggering of working hours in London has been announced.

4. In animation, the repetition of a sequence of frames to show struggling effort

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Adjective

1. so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm

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   astonishingastoundingstupefying

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   such an enormous response was astonishing

   an astounding achievement

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   the amount of money required was staggering

   suffered a staggering defeat

   the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying