Definition of Gallingly

1. Adverb. In a galling manner ¹

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Definition of Gallingly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gallingly

gallimatia
gallimaufrey
gallimaufreys
gallimaufries
gallimaufry
gallin
gallina
gallinaceae
gallinacean
gallinaceans
gallinaceous
gallinaceous bird
gallinae
galline
galling
gallingly (current term)
gallinipper
gallinippers
gallinule
gallinules
galliot
galliots
gallipot
gallipots
gallise
gallised
gallises
gallising
gallite
gallium

Literary usage of Gallingly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bookman (1910)
"... earlier ones of our own foreign critics, as insecurely based on lack of knowledge and insight, or on faulty observation, as gallingly condescending. ..."

2. Political Ideas of the American Revolution: Britannic-American Contributions by Randolph Greenfield Adams (1922)
"... of the empire such a "moderate dependence as may in no one instance be gallingly felt, thereby to save the expense of military and other establishments, ..."

3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1834)
"This remark intended to be gallingly severe was only absurd, because although levelled at Mr. Wilkins, it was in fact a blow at ancient architecture ..."

4. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1872)
"... and to that looker-on the behaviour of the strange visitor was so ineffably, so gallingly patronising ! Mr. Statham, did he catch the name rightly ? ..."

5. The Bookman (1910)
"... earlier ones of our own foreign critics, as insecurely based on lack of knowledge and insight, or on faulty observation, as gallingly condescending. ..."

6. Political Ideas of the American Revolution: Britannic-American Contributions by Randolph Greenfield Adams (1922)
"... of the empire such a "moderate dependence as may in no one instance be gallingly felt, thereby to save the expense of military and other establishments, ..."

7. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1834)
"This remark intended to be gallingly severe was only absurd, because although levelled at Mr. Wilkins, it was in fact a blow at ancient architecture ..."

8. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1872)
"... and to that looker-on the behaviour of the strange visitor was so ineffably, so gallingly patronising ! Mr. Statham, did he catch the name rightly ? ..."

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