Bristlingly

adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a bristling manner.

    "His disdain for Jacques Chirac and Gerhard Schröder, and theirs for him, was bristlingly clear."

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"His disdain for Jacques Chirac and Gerhard Schröder, and theirs for him, was bristlingly clear."

Etymology

From bristling + -ly.

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