bristlingly

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adverb

In a bristling manner.

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Meanings

adverbbristlingly (comparative more bristlingly, superlative most bristlingly)

comparative more bristlingly · superlative most bristlingly

  1. In a bristling manner.

    His disdain for Jacques Chirac and Gerhard Schröder, and theirs for him, was bristlingly clear.

    2008 June 15, Maureen Dowd, “W. Regrets Almost Nothing”, in New York Times

Origin

From bristling + -ly.

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APA

bristlingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bristlingly

MLA

“bristlingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bristlingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bristlingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bristlingly.

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