scourgingly

English

Etymology

scourging +‎ -ly

Adverb

scourgingly (comparative more scourgingly, superlative most scourgingly)

  1. So as to scourge.
    • 1838, Samuel Jones Cassels, Providence and Other Poems, page 184:
      The waves now lash the Heavens above, and now, / Most scourgingly the rocks of Tartar beat.
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