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prickingly

prickingly adverb: with a pricking action or sensation.

Adverb

prickingly (comparative more prickingly, superlative most prickingly)

  1. With a pricking action or sensation.

Forms of prickingly

comparativemore prickingly
superlativemost prickingly

Origin of prickingly

From pricking + -ly.

Questions about prickingly

What does prickingly mean?
Prickingly means with a pricking action or sensation.
What part of speech is prickingly?
Prickingly is an adverb.

Words near prickingly in the dictionary

  1. pricking one's ears
  2. pricking out
  3. pricking up
  4. pricking up one's ears
  5. pricking-up
  6. prickingly
  7. prickings
  8. prickish
  9. prickishness
  10. prickle
  11. prickle cell

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