gnawingly

English

Etymology

From gnawing +‎ -ly.

Adverb

gnawingly (comparative more gnawingly, superlative most gnawingly)

  1. In a manner that chafes or worries.
    • 2007, Steven James, The Pawn, page 121:
      Somehow seeing that small streak of blood made the way she felt inside seem less out of control, less desperate, less awkwardly, gnawingly painful.
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