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Definition of Grindingly
1. adv. In a grinding manner.
Definition of Grindingly
1. Adverb. In a grinding fashion; in a way that grinds ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grindingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grindingly
Literary usage of Grindingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1871)
"In some, tho displaced surface seems to have moved painfully and grindingly over
the subjacent bed-rock, and the surface is broken into a thousand ..."
2. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"... sallies, gallant rescues, surprising feats of arms, and brave adventures"—so
delightfully depicted by Froissart/ so grindingly oppressive to the people. ..."
3. The Russian Immigrant by Jerome Davis (1922)
"Even when the tasks are not so hazardous as the ones mentioned, they are likely
to be grindingly monotonous and are carried on at a higher speed and more ..."
4. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1845)
"Goodman," said I, in a sort of grindingly emphatic voice, taking her by the
cap-strings, " brandy, soda-water, green tea, haddock. Must be to my time. ..."
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