laceratingly

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adverb

In a manner that lacerates.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adverblaceratingly (comparative more laceratingly, superlative most laceratingly)

comparative more laceratingly · superlative most laceratingly

  1. In a manner that lacerates.

    It occurred to me that if only I could hold up a mirror, we might glimpse in it a vision of ourselves - unexpected, ridiculous, sad, and quite laceratingly amusing.

    2004, Christopher Hope, White boy running, page 261

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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