Meanings
adverbscarringly (comparative more scarringly, superlative most scarringly)
comparative more scarringly · superlative most scarringly
- So as to leave scars.
Thus a child who had a scarringly painful family life may heal herself through becoming a welfare officer or a psychotherapist; a stammerer an orator; […]
2013, Mavis Klein, Live Issues: Reflections on the Human Condition
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scarringly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scarringly
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“scarringly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scarringly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scarringly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scarringly.
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