clawingly

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adverb

With a clawing motion; with a sharp, raking grip.

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Meanings

adverbclawingly (comparative more clawingly, superlative most clawingly)

comparative more clawingly · superlative most clawingly

  1. With a clawing motion; with a sharp, raking grip.

    He held one gigantic hand in front of her eyes so she could see it and smell it, then rammed it clawingly down her dress front.

    1970, Alice Walker, The Third Life of Grange Copeland, page 100
    1 more example

    It was May now and summer was on the ascent, the nights were warm but not yet clawingly humid and the constant South Dakota breeze was strangely absent tonight.

    2004, Jennifer Marshall, The Christie Legacy, page 288

Origin

From clawing + -ly.

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APA

clawingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clawingly

MLA

“clawingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clawingly. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clawingly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clawingly.

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