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scourgingly

scourgingly adverb: so as to scourge.

Adverb

scourgingly (comparative more scourgingly, superlative most scourgingly)

  1. So as to scourge.
    • The waves now lash the Heavens above, and now, / Most scourgingly the rocks of Tartar beat.1838, Samuel Jones Cassels, Providence and Other Poems, page 184

Forms of scourgingly

comparativemore scourgingly
superlativemost scourgingly

Origin of scourgingly

From scourging + -ly.

Questions about scourgingly

What does scourgingly mean?
Scourgingly means so as to scourge.
What part of speech is scourgingly?
Scourgingly is an adverb.

Words near scourgingly in the dictionary

  1. scourgers
  2. scourges
  3. scourgest
  4. scourgeth
  5. scourging
  6. scourgingly
  7. scourgings
  8. scourie
  9. scouries
  10. scourin'
  11. scouring

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