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witheringly

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with·er·ing  (wr-ng)
adj.
Tending to overwhelm or destroy; devastating: withering sarcasm.
wither·ing·ly adv.
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Adv.1.witheringly - in a withering manner; "guns fired witheringly at the railroad cars"


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The baker having been, by the counsel for Miss Rugg, witheringly denounced on that occasion up to the full amount of twenty guineas, at the rate of about eighteen- pence an epithet, and having been cast in corresponding damages, still suffered occasional persecution from the youth of Pentonville.
Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context
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