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scathingly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English scathing Middle English -ly English -ly English scathingly From scathing + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a scathing manner.
   • When Tim Kinsella, of the pioneering indie rock groups Cap’n Jazz and Joan of Arc, wrote a scathingly sarcastic editorial in the emo-centric magazine Alternative Press imploring every band inside to break up, Bemis bristled at Kinsella’s cynicism, calling him a “self-hating emophobe” in a letter to the magazine. 2006 November 2, August Brown, “Don’t get comfortable around them”, in Los Angeles Times:

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