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gratingly en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English grating Middle English -ly English -ly English gratingly From grating + -ly.

Meanings

  1. With a grating sound.
  2. So as to grate or jar; in a tiresome or irritating manner.
    • User pages in general tend to be gratingly cute. 2025 September 30, Larry Sanger, “6. Reveal who Wikipedia’s leaders are.”, in larrysanger.org:

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most gratingly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more gratingly Degree=Cmp lexicographic