cringily

adv

Etymology

From cringey /cringy + -ly.

Definitions

  1. In a cringey manner.

    • They exulted when they opened their copies of the Hahnemannian to read therein that Dr. Gould was “a tallow candle going out with a bad smell,” “not honest,” "not truthful,” and that he “cringily begs for mercy.”
    • THE TOURIST TRAP (T). Repeat of the cringily captivating series in which candid cameras reveal how holidaymakers from different countries react to a series of provocations, raging from petty larceny to full-frontal nudity.

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