Word.ws English Dictionary

gnashingly

gnashingly adverb: while, or as if, gnashing.

Adverb

gnashingly (comparative more gnashingly, superlative most gnashingly)

  1. While, or as if, gnashing.
    • She watched the horse chew gnashingly, his lower jaw slipping sideways. She saw big yellow teeth, and white froth, mixed with apple bits, bubbling out.2004, Mike Barnes, Contrary angel, page 132

Forms of gnashingly

comparativemore gnashingly
superlativemost gnashingly

Origin of gnashingly

From gnashing + -ly.

Questions about gnashingly

What does gnashingly mean?
Gnashingly means while, or as if, gnashing.
What part of speech is gnashingly?
Gnashingly is an adverb.

Words near gnashingly in the dictionary

  1. gnashier
  2. gnashiest
  3. gnashing
  4. gnashing one's teeth
  5. gnashing up
  6. gnashingly
  7. gnashings
  8. gnasht
  9. gnashy
  10. Gnass
  11. Gnasses

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: gnashingly (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “gnashingly.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/gnashingly. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.