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beratingly

beratingly adverb: so as to berate or scold.

Adverb

beratingly (comparative more beratingly, superlative most beratingly)

  1. So as to berate or scold.

Forms of beratingly

comparativemore beratingly
superlativemost beratingly

Origin of beratingly

From berating + -ly.

Questions about beratingly

What does beratingly mean?
Beratingly means so as to berate or scold.
What part of speech is beratingly?
Beratingly is an adverb.

Words near beratingly in the dictionary

  1. beratements
  2. berater
  3. beraters
  4. berates
  5. berating
  6. beratingly
  7. beratings
  8. beration
  9. berattle
  10. berattled
  11. berattles

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