What is the meaning of staggering?

verb

  • Walk as if unable to control one's movements.
    • usage: "The drunken man staggered into the room"
  • Walk with great difficulty.
    • usage: "He staggered along in the heavy snow"
  • To arrange in a systematic order.
    • usage: "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall"
  • Astound or overwhelm, as with shock.
    • usage: "She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake"

adjective

  • So surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm.
    • usage: "such an enormous response was astonishing"; "an astounding achievement"; "the amount of money required was staggering"; "suffered a staggering defeat"; "the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying"
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