Excoriatingly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    So as to excoriate.

    "Released in Britain last fall, “The Believers” prompted a reviewer to write in The Guardian that Audrey is “a hilarious, foul-mouthed harridan: part monster, part inspiring law unto herself, her approach so excoriatingly direct that the reader waits in wincing glee for her next spitting and swearing tirade.”"

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"Released in Britain last fall, “The Believers” prompted a reviewer to write in The Guardian that Audrey is “a hilarious, foul-mouthed harridan: part monster, part inspiring law unto herself, her approach so excoriatingly direct that the reader waits in wincing glee for her next spitting and swearing tirade.”"

Etymology

From excoriating + -ly.

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