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clawingly

clawingly adverb: with a clawing motion; with a sharp, raking grip.

Adverb

clawingly (comparative more clawingly, superlative most clawingly)

  1. With a clawing motion; with a sharp, raking grip.
    • He held one gigantic hand in front of her eyes so she could see it and smell it, then rammed it clawingly down her dress front.1970, Alice Walker, The Third Life of Grange Copeland, page 100
    • It was May now and summer was on the ascent, the nights were warm but not yet clawingly humid and the constant South Dakota breeze was strangely absent tonight.2004, Jennifer Marshall, The Christie Legacy, page 288

Forms of clawingly

comparativemore clawingly
superlativemost clawingly

Origin of clawingly

From clawing + -ly.

Questions about clawingly

What does clawingly mean?
Clawingly means with a clawing motion; with a sharp, raking grip.
What part of speech is clawingly?
Clawingly is an adverb.

Words near clawingly in the dictionary

  1. clawiest
  2. clawing
  3. clawing away
  4. clawing back
  5. clawing off
  6. clawingly
  7. clawings
  8. clawless
  9. clawlessness
  10. clawlike
  11. clawmark

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