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scarringly

scarringly adverb: so as to leave scars.

Adverb

scarringly (comparative more scarringly, superlative most scarringly)

  1. So as to leave scars.
    • Thus a child who had a scarringly painful family life may heal herself through becoming a welfare officer or a psychotherapist; a stammerer an orator; […]2013, Mavis Klein, Live Issues: Reflections on the Human Condition

Forms of scarringly

comparativemore scarringly
superlativemost scarringly

Origin of scarringly

From scarring + -ly.

Questions about scarringly

What does scarringly mean?
Scarringly means so as to leave scars.
What part of speech is scarringly?
Scarringly is an adverb.

Words near scarringly in the dictionary

  1. scarres
  2. scarreth
  3. scarrier
  4. scarriest
  5. scarring
  6. scarringly
  7. scarrings
  8. Scarronian
  9. Scarrow
  10. scarry
  11. scars

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