grindingly

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
20
Letters
10

Definition of grindingly

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. With a grinding sound or motion.
    “Grindingly, laths of wood yielded to brown and yellow hands, a wrenching and screaming of twisted nails fanfared the discovery of the treasure beneath.”
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adv

  1. With a grinding sound or motion.
    “Grindingly, laths of wood yielded to brown and yellow hands, a wrenching and screaming of twisted nails fanfared the discovery of the treasure beneath.”
  2. With tedious repetition; mechanically.
    “It was a grindingly dull lecture.”

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Etymology

From grinding + -ly.

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