— spankingly , adv.
/spang"king/ , adj.
1. moving rapidly and smartly.
2. quick and vigorous: a spanking pace.
3. blowing briskly: a spanking breeze.
4. Informal. unusually fine, great, large, etc.; remarkable; distinctive: a spanking monogram in gold embroidery.
adv.
5. Informal. extremely, strikingly, or remarkably; very: three little girls in spanking new dresses.
[ 1660-70; perh. spanke, Sw spånka to strut ]