harrowingly

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adverb

In a way or to an extent that is harrowing.

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Meanings

adverbharrowingly (comparative more harrowingly, superlative most harrowingly)

comparative more harrowingly · superlative most harrowingly

  1. In a way or to an extent that is harrowing.

    There was a time not long ago when this region appeared as some enduring mystification, its citizenry best known for […]devising harrowingly zany methods of chasing one another up and down the storied Iditarod Trail.

    2009 January 13, Michael Brick, “Racing's Last Frontier”, in The New York Times

Origin

From harrowing + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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