wrackingly

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Adverb[edit]

wrackingly (comparative more wrackingly, superlative most wrackingly)

  1. Of crying, with strong physically noticeable sobs.
    • 1970, Larry Niven, Ringworld, page 121:
      She buried her face in his shoulder and sobbed against him, wrackingly, her fingernails digging hard into his back.