cuttinglyadv.
/ˈkʌtɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈkədɪŋli/ In a cutting manner, so as to cut; sharply, acutely.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > [adverb]
unsoftOE
sharplya1023
derfly?c1225
derfc1325
pinefullyc1390
anguishouslyc1440
heinouslya1555
tormentingly1575
keenlya1593
cuttingly1611
torturingly?a1625
stingingly1667
severelya1682
piercingly1781
harrowingly1799
excruciatingly1808
martyrly1819
pinchingly1825
crucifyingly1826
torturously1857
woundingly1887
scarifyingly1921
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adverb] > mordantly
nippingly1542
cuttingly1611
mordaciously1657
pungently1658
mordantly1836
stingingly1873
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Alla recísa, cuttingly, hackingly.
1649 F. Roberts Clavis Bibliorum (ed. 2) 404 Doth he reprove sin? how cuttingly and piercingly doth he describe it?
1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. xi. 289 His struggles now But bind more close and cuttingly the band.
1871 T. Carlyle in J. W. Carlyle Lett. & Memorials (1883) III. 293 The thought is cuttingly painful while I live.
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