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gratingly

gratingly adverb: with a grating sound.

Adverb

gratingly (comparative more gratingly, superlative most gratingly)

  1. With a grating sound.
  2. So as to grate or jar; in a tiresome or irritating manner.
    • User pages in general tend to be gratingly cute.2025 September 30, Larry Sanger, “6. Reveal who Wikipedia’s leaders are.”, in larrysanger.org

Forms of gratingly

comparativemore gratingly
superlativemost gratingly

Origin of gratingly

From grating + -ly.

Questions about gratingly

What does gratingly mean?
Gratingly means with a grating sound.
What part of speech is gratingly?
Gratingly is an adverb.

Words near gratingly in the dictionary

  1. gratineed
  2. gratineeed
  3. gratineeing
  4. gratinees
  5. grating
  6. gratingly
  7. gratingness
  8. gratings
  9. gratins
  10. gratiné
  11. gratinéd

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