ˈbitinglyadv.
In a biting manner; bitterly, sorely; caustically, acridly; keenly, penetratingly.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > bitterness of heart > [adverb] > in manner attended with bitter suffering
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the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adverb] > smarting or stinging
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c1374 Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. vii. 59 Þat oþer man answered[e] aȝein ful bityngly.
1562 tr. J. Jewel Apol. Church Eng. (1845) iv. vi. 74 To utter these things more bitterly and bitingly, than it becometh divines to do.
1673 E. Hickeringill Gregory 302 With teeth bitingly set.
?1705 E. Hickeringill Vindic. Char. Priest-craft 7 To be bitingly wise as Serpents.
1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age xxx. 460 Every wind..is bitingly cold.
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