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smartingly

smartingly adverb: so as to smart; with a stinging pain.

Adverb

smartingly (comparative more smartingly, superlative most smartingly)

  1. So as to smart; with a stinging pain.
    • The bargain might appear unequal; but there was still another consideration in the scales; for while Jekyll would suffer smartingly in the fires of abstinence, Hyde would be not even be conscious of all that he had lost.1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, pages 124–125

Forms of smartingly

comparativemore smartingly
superlativemost smartingly

Origin of smartingly

From smarting + -ly.

Questions about smartingly

What does smartingly mean?
Smartingly means so as to smart; with a stinging pain.
What part of speech is smartingly?
Smartingly is an adverb.

Words near smartingly in the dictionary

  1. Smartian
  2. smartie
  3. smarties
  4. smarting
  5. smarting off
  6. smartingly
  7. smartings
  8. smartish
  9. Smartism
  10. smartle
  11. smartled

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