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Definition of Gratingly
1. Adverb. In a harsh and grating manner. "Her voice fell gratingly on our ears"
Definition of Gratingly
1. Adverb. In a grating manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gratingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gratingly
Literary usage of Gratingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus (1887)
"And this happens when by a harmless mistake in the judgment of things the mind
is freed from those cares which would otherwise gratingly afflict it, ..."
2. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1895)
"... gratingly on susceptible feelings. While he had been speaking, Eppie had
quietly passed her arm behind Silas's head, and let her hand rest against it ..."
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