laceratingly

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English

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Etymology

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From lacerating +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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laceratingly (comparative more laceratingly, superlative most laceratingly)

  1. In a manner that lacerates.
    • 2004, Christopher Hope, White boy running, page 261:
      It occurred to me that if only I could hold up a mirror, we might glimpse in it a vision of ourselves - unexpected, ridiculous, sad, and quite laceratingly amusing.