grindingly

adv — 2 senses

grindingly

adv

Etymology From grinding + -ly.

1

With a grinding sound or motion.

Grindingly, laths of wood yielded to brown and yellow hands, a wrenching and screaming of twisted nails fanfared the discovery of the treasure beneath.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 463:

2

With tedious repetition; mechanically.

It was a grindingly dull lecture.

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