gnawingly

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adverb

In a manner that chafes or worries.

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Meanings

adverbgnawingly (comparative more gnawingly, superlative most gnawingly)

comparative more gnawingly · superlative most gnawingly

  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.

    2007, Steven James, The Pawn, page 121

Origin

From gnawing + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

gnawingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gnawingly

MLA

“gnawingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gnawingly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gnawingly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gnawingly.

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