A British slang intensifier meaning extremely or very, functioning like 'bloody' but softened slightly. Used in exclamatory phrases ('bleedingly obvious') to amplify an adjective. The '-ly' adverb formation is somewhat unusual, giving the word a mock-formal or emphatic quality. Mostly heard in working-class British speech.
It was bleedingly obvious he hadn't read a single page of the report.
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(UK, slang, used as an intensifier) extremely.
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