"staggering" in the verb sense
1. stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen
walk as if unable to control one's movements
"The drunken man staggered into the room"
2. stagger, flounder
walk with great difficulty
"He staggered along in the heavy snow"
3. stagger, distribute
to arrange in a systematic order
"stagger the chairs in the lecture hall"
4. stagger
astound or overwhelm, as with shock
"She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake"
"staggering" in the adjective sense
1. astonishing, astounding, staggering, stupefying
so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
"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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