crunchingly

English

Etymology

From crunching +‎ -ly.

Adverb

crunchingly (comparative more crunchingly, superlative most crunchingly)

1. With a crunching sound or action.
   • 1931, Hugh Walpole, Above the Dark Tumult, page 46:

     As I stood there someone stepped crunchingly on the gravel path before the shuttered windows. I turned, and there was Pengelly.

   • 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary on the Plains, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 183:

     He bites crunchingly through the breast, tearing through skin, flesh and bone till his teeth meet..