dauntingly

English

Etymology

From daunting +‎ -ly.

Adverb

dauntingly (comparative more dauntingly, superlative most dauntingly)

1. In a daunting manner.
   • 2025 July 9, Richard Foster, “Summer specials and holiday hotspots”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 60:

     The 1920s and 1930s had established a convention of showing bathing beauties, many in dauntingly athletic poses, often depicted with male companions.