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lashingly

lashingly adverb: with savage criticism.

Adverb

lashingly (comparative more lashingly, superlative most lashingly)

  1. With savage criticism.
    • Classic writers are prone to satirize women lashingly, but Jonson's satire is different.1910, Charles Shirley Potts, Crime and the treatment of the criminal: Issue 8

Forms of lashingly

comparativemore lashingly
superlativemost lashingly

Origin of lashingly

From lashing + -ly.

Questions about lashingly

What does lashingly mean?
Lashingly means with savage criticism.
What part of speech is lashingly?
Lashingly is an adverb.

Words near lashingly in the dictionary

  1. lashing off
  2. lashing oneself to the mast
  3. lashing out
  4. lashing together
  5. lashing up
  6. lashingly
  7. lashings
  8. lashins
  9. Lashio
  10. lashkar
  11. Lashkari

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