Scathingly
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a scathing manner.
"When Tim Kinsella, of the pioneering indie rock groups Cap’n Jazz and Joan of Arc, wrote a scathingly sarcastic editorial in the emo-centric magazine Alternative Press imploring every band inside to break up, Bemis bristled at Kinsella’s cynicism, calling him a “self-hating emophobe” in a letter to the magazine."
Adverb
- 1 in a scathing and unsparing manner wordnet
Example
More examples"The army were scathingly beaten."
Etymology
From scathing + -ly.
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