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scaldingly

scaldingly adverb: in a scalding manner; enough to scald.

Adverb

scaldingly (comparative more scaldingly, superlative most scaldingly)

  1. In a scalding manner; enough to scald.
    • The water was scaldingly hot.
    • In another moment a huge wave, like a muddy tidal bore, but almost scaldingly hot, came sweeping round the bend up-stream.1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 102

Forms of scaldingly

comparativemore scaldingly
superlativemost scaldingly

Origin of scaldingly

From scalding + -ly.

Questions about scaldingly

What does scaldingly mean?
Scaldingly means in a scalding manner; enough to scald.
What part of speech is scaldingly?
Scaldingly is an adverb.

Words near scaldingly in the dictionary

  1. scaldhead
  2. scaldheads
  3. scaldic
  4. scalding
  5. scalding hot
  6. scaldingly
  7. scaldings
  8. scaldini
  9. scaldino
  10. scaldinos
  11. Scaldisian

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