Definition of Gnawingly

1. Adverb. In a manner that chafes or worries. ¹

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Definition of Gnawingly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gnawingly

gnattier
gnattiest
gnatty
gnatworm
gnatworms
gnaw at
gnaw someone's vitals
gnawable
gnawed
gnawer
gnawers
gnawing
gnawing animal
gnawing mammal
gnawingly (current term)
gnawings
gnawn
gnaws
gneiss
gneisses
gneissic
gneissoid
gneissoids
gneissose
gnetum
gnide
gnit
gnocchi
gnocchis

Literary usage of Gnawingly

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

1. Adventures of a Younger Son by Edward John Trelawny (1890)
"... sufferings became so gnawingly acute as to threaten a speedy termination, scarcely was I sensible; I possessed only a half kind of feeling that death ..."

2. An American with Lord Roberts by Julian Ralph (1901)
"All day thousands of men had been gnawingly hungry, and thirsty beyond the power of description. It is said that when the Boers ran away scores, ..."

3. A Critical Commentary on the Book of Daniel: Designed Especially for by John Dyneley Prince (1899)
"... akalu "to eat gnawingly, to slander, accuse falsely" (AW. p. 597)u. It is quite possible that the form of the ..."

4. Men Around the Kaiser: The Makers of Modern Germany by Frederic William Wile (1914)
"Secretly and gnawingly the Conservatives were awaiting their chance to send the Chancellor to the guillotine. The Finance Reform Bill was their opportunity. ..."

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