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toe-curlingly

toe-curlingly adverb: in a toe-curling manner; embarrassingly.

Adverb

toe-curlingly (comparative more toe-curlingly, superlative most toe-curlingly)

  1. In a toe-curling manner; embarrassingly.
    • Sotheby’s catalogue toe-curlingly describes The Kaws Album as “the most accomplished work on canvas that KAWS [aka Brian Donnelly]^([sic]) ever created”.2019 April 3, Anny Shaw, “Why KAWS is not a great artist”, in The Art Newspaper

Forms of toe-curlingly

comparativemore toe-curlingly
superlativemost toe-curlingly

Questions about toe-curlingly

What does toe-curlingly mean?
Toe-curlingly means in a toe-curling manner; embarrassingly.
What part of speech is toe-curlingly?
Toe-curlingly is an adverb.

Words near toe-curlingly in the dictionary

  1. toe-clippings
  2. toe-crusher
  3. toe-crushers
  4. toe-crushing
  5. toe-curling
  6. toe-curlingly
  7. toe-dance
  8. toe-danced
  9. toe-dances
  10. toe-dancing
  11. toe-dip

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