gnawingly

adv

Etymology

From gnawing + -ly.

  1. inherited from gnawynge
  2. suffixed as gnawingly — “gnawing + ly

Definitions

  1. In a manner that chafes or worries.

    • Somehow seeing that small streak of blood made the way she felt inside seem less out of control, less desperate, less awkwardly, gnawingly painful.

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