breathtakingly

UK: /ˈbrɛθteɪkɪŋli/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

breath•tak•ing /ˈbrɛθˌteɪkɪŋ/   adj. 

1. amazing;
   remarkable;
   astonishing:
   The trapeze artist performed a few breathtaking flips.

breath•tak•ing•ly, adv.: 

a breathtakingly beautiful view.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

breath•tak•ing  (breth′tā′king), adj. 

1. thrillingly beautiful, remarkable, astonishing, exciting, or the like:
   a breathtaking performance.

• breath + take + -ing² 1875–80

breath′tak′ing•ly, adv.