gapingly

/ˈɡeɪpɪŋli/
adverb
  1. In a way that is wide open or very noticeable.
    • The door stood gapingly open, inviting anyone to enter.
    • The error was gapingly obvious to everyone in the room.
    • The wound gapingly exposed the bone beneath.
  2. With the mouth wide open, as in surprise or wonder.
    • She watched gapingly as the spaceship launched into the sky.
    • He looked gapingly at the enormous cake.
    • The children stared gapingly at the magician's trick.
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