scourgingly

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adverb

So as to scourge.

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Meanings

adverbscourgingly (comparative more scourgingly, superlative most scourgingly)

comparative more scourgingly · superlative most scourgingly

  1. So as to scourge.

    The waves now lash the Heavens above, and now, / Most scourgingly the rocks of Tartar beat.

    1838, Samuel Jones Cassels, Providence and Other Poems, page 184

Origin

From scourging + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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