Grindingly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    With a grinding sound or motion.

    "Grindingly, laths of wood yielded to brown and yellow hands, a wrenching and screaming of twisted nails fanfared the discovery of the treasure beneath."

  2. 2
    With tedious repetition; mechanically.

    "It was a grindingly dull lecture."

Example

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"Grindingly, laths of wood yielded to brown and yellow hands, a wrenching and screaming of twisted nails fanfared the discovery of the treasure beneath."

Etymology

From grinding + -ly.

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