Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With stinging effect.
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- adverb In a
stinging way.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Thought of Mel recalled the stingingly sweet and bitter fact of his love, and of life that called so imperiously.
The Day of the Beast Zane Grey 1905
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Some have criticized the United States for "stingingly" giving just 0.16 percent GNI (gross national income) and calling for all countries to give a recommended 0.7 percent.
Michael's Minute 2009
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Sanchez had become the personal punching bag of the host and writers of one of the most brilliantly acerbic -- and, more stingingly, most respected -- "news" outlets on television: The Daily Show.
Chez Pazienza: I, Sanchez Chez Pazienza 2010
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Of course it was beautiful; but there was something more than mere beauty in it, something more stingingly splendid which had made beauty its handmaiden.
Chapter 14 2010
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Sanchez had become the personal punching bag of the host and writers of one of the most brilliantly acerbic -- and, more stingingly, most respected -- "news" outlets on television: The Daily Show.
Chez Pazienza: I, Sanchez Chez Pazienza 2010
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Sanchez had become the personal punching bag of the host and writers of one of the most brilliantly acerbic -- and, more stingingly, most respected -- "news" outlets on television: The Daily Show.
Chez Pazienza: I, Sanchez Chez Pazienza 2010
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Instead of trumpeting the punch lines, the members of the cast underplay their dialogue, which loses its slickness and becomes as believable—and as stingingly hurtful—as a kitchen-table spat.
The 'Follies' of Our Dreams Terry Teachout 2011
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"Shut up, Jesse!" my mother cried, landing the back of her hand stingingly on my mouth.
Chapter 12 2010
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Then, stingingly, The president's policies are not only a threat to this economy, so are his appointees a threat.
Perry's Popping-Off Problem Peggy Noonan 2011
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Sanchez had become the personal punching bag of the host and writers of one of the most brilliantly acerbic -- and, more stingingly, most respected -- "news" outlets on television: The Daily Show.
Chez Pazienza: I, Sanchez Chez Pazienza 2010
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