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tearingly en · ADV

Etymology

From tearing + -ly.

Meanings

1. With a tearing or ripping motion.
   • The beast sat on its haunches and tearingly ate the hind quarters of a still-squealing little pig. 1933, John Steinbeck, To a God Unknown:
   • The Zimbabwean telephone exchange is temperamental (make that hair-tearingly frustrating)... 2005, Pippa de Bruyn, Frommer's South Africa, page 376:

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