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laceratingly

laceratingly adverb: in a manner that lacerates.

Adverb

laceratingly (comparative more laceratingly, superlative most laceratingly)

  1. In a manner that lacerates.
    • It occurred to me that if only I could hold up a mirror, we might glimpse in it a vision of ourselves - unexpected, ridiculous, sad, and quite laceratingly amusing.2004, Christopher Hope, White boy running, page 261

Forms of laceratingly

comparativemore laceratingly
superlativemost laceratingly

Origin of laceratingly

From lacerating + -ly.

Questions about laceratingly

What does laceratingly mean?
Laceratingly means in a manner that lacerates.
What part of speech is laceratingly?
Laceratingly is an adverb.

Words near laceratingly in the dictionary

  1. lacerately
  2. lacerater
  3. laceraters
  4. lacerates
  5. lacerating
  6. laceratingly
  7. laceration
  8. lacerations
  9. lacerative
  10. Lacerda
  11. Lacerdas

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