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gnawingly

gnawingly adverb: in a manner that chafes or worries.

Adverb

gnawingly (comparative more gnawingly, superlative most gnawingly)

  1. In a manner that chafes or worries.
    • Somehow seeing that small streak of blood made the way she felt inside seem less out of control, less desperate, less awkwardly, gnawingly painful.2007, Steven James, The Pawn, page 121

Forms of gnawingly

comparativemore gnawingly
superlativemost gnawingly

Origin of gnawingly

From gnawing + -ly.

Questions about gnawingly

What does gnawingly mean?
Gnawingly means in a manner that chafes or worries.
What part of speech is gnawingly?
Gnawingly is an adverb.

Words near gnawingly in the dictionary

  1. gnawers
  2. gnawest
  3. gnaweth
  4. gnawing
  5. gnawing someone's vitals
  6. gnawingly
  7. gnawings
  8. gnawn
  9. gnawproof
  10. gnaws
  11. gnaws someone's vitals

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