Gnashingly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    While, or as if, gnashing.

    "She watched the horse chew gnashingly, his lower jaw slipping sideways. She saw big yellow teeth, and white froth, mixed with apple bits, bubbling out."

Example

More examples

"She watched the horse chew gnashingly, his lower jaw slipping sideways. She saw big yellow teeth, and white froth, mixed with apple bits, bubbling out."

Etymology

From gnashing + -ly.

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