scarringly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

scarring +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

scarringly (comparative more scarringly, superlative most scarringly)

  1. So as to leave scars.
    • 2013, Mavis Klein, Live Issues: Reflections on the Human Condition:
      Thus a child who had a scarringly painful family life may heal herself through becoming a welfare officer or a psychotherapist; a stammerer an orator; […]
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