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scratchingly

scratchingly adverb: with a scratching motion or action.

Adverb

scratchingly (comparative more scratchingly, superlative most scratchingly)

  1. With a scratching motion or action.

Forms of scratchingly

comparativemore scratchingly
superlativemost scratchingly

Origin of scratchingly

From scratching + -ly.

Questions about scratchingly

What does scratchingly mean?
Scratchingly means with a scratching motion or action.
What part of speech is scratchingly?
Scratchingly is an adverb.

Words near scratchingly in the dictionary

  1. scratching posts
  2. scratching that
  3. scratching the surface
  4. scratching together
  5. scratching up
  6. scratchingly
  7. scratchings
  8. scratchiti
  9. scratchitti
  10. scratchless
  11. scratchlike

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