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bristlingly

bristlingly adverb: in a bristling manner.

Adverb

bristlingly (comparative more bristlingly, superlative most bristlingly)

  1. In a bristling manner.
    • His disdain for Jacques Chirac and Gerhard Schröder, and theirs for him, was bristlingly clear.2008 June 15, Maureen Dowd, “W. Regrets Almost Nothing”, in New York Times

Forms of bristlingly

comparativemore bristlingly
superlativemost bristlingly

Origin of bristlingly

From bristling + -ly.

Questions about bristlingly

What does bristlingly mean?
Bristlingly means in a bristling manner.
What part of speech is bristlingly?
Bristlingly is an adverb.

Words near bristlingly in the dictionary

  1. bristlier
  2. bristliest
  3. bristliness
  4. bristling
  5. bristling up
  6. bristlingly
  7. bristlings
  8. bristly
  9. bristly bellflower
  10. bristly foxtail
  11. bristly hawksbeard

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