searingly

adv — 2 senses

searingly

adv

Etymology From searing + -ly.

1

In a burning, blistering, hot manner.

2

Figuratively Harshly; mercilessly.

a searingly honest appraisal of her career prospects
Their deaths were sobering not merely because of the searingly unbearable wrench of losing those two wonderful people, but because it left me exposed as rudderless.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 23:

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