Stabbingly

adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    With a stabbing motion or action. figuratively, sometimes

    "After hours spent in the mine, the sunlight was stabbingly bright."

Synonyms

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bitterlykeenly

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"After hours spent in the mine, the sunlight was stabbingly bright."

Etymology

From stabbing + -ly.

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