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harrowingly

harrowingly adverb: in a way or to an extent that is harrowing.

Adverb

harrowingly (comparative more harrowingly, superlative most harrowingly)

  1. In a way or to an extent that is harrowing.
    • There was a time not long ago when this region appeared as some enduring mystification, its citizenry best known for […]devising harrowingly zany methods of chasing one another up and down the storied Iditarod Trail.2009 January 13, Michael Brick, “Racing's Last Frontier”, in The New York Times

Forms of harrowingly

comparativemore harrowingly
superlativemost harrowingly

Origin of harrowingly

From harrowing + -ly.

Questions about harrowingly

What does harrowingly mean?
Harrowingly means in a way or to an extent that is harrowing.
What part of speech is harrowingly?
Harrowingly is an adverb.

Words near harrowingly in the dictionary

  1. harrowest
  2. harroweth
  3. harrowing
  4. harrowing of hell
  5. harrowing up
  6. harrowingly
  7. harrowingness
  8. harrowings
  9. harrowings of hell
  10. harrows
  11. harrows up

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