scathingly

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adverb

In a scathing manner.

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Meanings

adverbscathingly (comparative more scathingly, superlative most scathingly)

comparative more scathingly · superlative most scathingly

  1. In a scathing manner.
    1 more example

    When Tim Kinsella, of the pioneering indie rock groups Cap’n Jazz and Joan of Arc, wrote a scathingly sarcastic editorial in the emo-centric magazine Alternative Press imploring every band inside to break up, Bemis bristled at Kinsella’s cynicism, calling him a “self-hating emophobe” in a letter to the magazine.

    2006 November 2, August Brown, “Don’t get comfortable around them”, in Los Angeles Times

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbin a scathing and unsparing manner

Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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