blanchingly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

blanching +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

blanchingly (comparative more blanchingly, superlative most blanchingly)

  1. In a blanching way.
    • 2007 April 15, Sophie Harrison, “Memoirs of a Geisha’s Sister”, in New York Times[1]:
      “Grotesque” is full of schoolgirls in long socks but blanchingly free of cuteness, a combination we might call Uh-Oh Kitty.