grindingly

English

Etymology

grinding +‎ -ly

Adverb

grindingly (comparative more grindingly, superlative most grindingly)

  1. With a grinding sound or motion.
    • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 463:
      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.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.