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cringingly

cringingly adverb: in a cringing manner; while cringing.

Adverb

cringingly (comparative more cringingly, superlative most cringingly)

  1. In a cringing manner; while cringing.
  2. So as to make one cringe.
    • Instead, the campaign had run a couple of the most cringingly bad political commercials ever made, including one spot on the issue of abortion starring Wellstone's teenage daughter, Marcia.2004, Bill Hillsman, Run the Other Way: Fixing the Two-Party System, →ISBN, page 11

cringingly meaning in Tamil

cringingly in Tamil

கெஞ்சுதலாக

Synonyms of cringingly

Forms of cringingly

comparativemore cringingly
superlativemost cringingly

Origin of cringingly

From cringing + -ly.

Questions about cringingly

What does cringingly mean?
Cringingly means in a cringing manner; while cringing.
What is cringingly in Tamil?
Cringingly in Tamil is கெஞ்சுதலாக. See Cringingly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cringingly?
Cringingly is an adverb.

Words near cringingly in the dictionary

  1. cringiest
  2. Cringila
  3. cringily
  4. cringiness
  5. cringing
  6. cringingly
  7. cringingness
  8. cringings
  9. cringle
  10. cringle-crangle
  11. cringled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cringingly (page history and authors); cringingly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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