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stabbingly

stabbingly adverb: with a stabbing motion or action.

Adverb

stabbingly (comparative more stabbingly, superlative most stabbingly)

  1. (figuratively, sometimes) With a stabbing motion or action.
    • After hours spent in the mine, the sunlight was stabbingly bright.

Forms of stabbingly

comparativemore stabbingly
superlativemost stabbingly

Origin of stabbingly

From stabbing + -ly.

Questions about stabbingly

What does stabbingly mean?
Stabbingly means with a stabbing motion or action.
What part of speech is stabbingly?
Stabbingly is an adverb.

Words near stabbingly in the dictionary

  1. stabbing
  2. stabbing a guess
  3. stabbing board
  4. stabbing boards
  5. stabbing in the back
  6. stabbingly
  7. stabbings
  8. stabboard
  9. stabby
  10. Stabenow
  11. Staberdeen

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