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scouringly

scouringly adverb: so as to scour.

Adverb

scouringly (comparative more scouringly, superlative most scouringly)

  1. So as to scour.

Forms of scouringly

comparativemore scouringly
superlativemost scouringly

Origin of scouringly

From scouring + -ly.

Questions about scouringly

What does scouringly mean?
Scouringly means so as to scour.
What part of speech is scouringly?
Scouringly is an adverb.

Words near scouringly in the dictionary

  1. scouring powder
  2. scouring powders
  3. scouring rush
  4. scouring rushes
  5. scouring up
  6. scouringly
  7. scourings
  8. scours
  9. scours down
  10. scours up
  11. scourse

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