wincingly
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adverb
[edit]wincingly (comparative more wincingly, superlative most wincingly)
- While wincing.
- "It doesn't hurt a bit," he said wincingly.
- 2016, Kerry Greenwood, Murder and Mendelssohn, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 311:
- Sheffield [...] crept into bed beside him, wincingly careful not to jolt or touch the bandage.
- In such a way as to cause wincing.
- The speech was wincingly bad.