adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a cutting manner, so as to cut; sharply, acutely.

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1611.  Florio, Alla recísa, cuttingly, hackingly.

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1649.  Roberts, Clavis Bibl., 404. Doth he reprove sin? how cuttingly and piercingly doth he describe it?

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1805.  Southey, Madoc in Azt., xi. His struggles now But bind more close and cuttingly the band.

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1871.  Carlyle, in Mrs. C.’s Lett., III. 293. The thought is cuttingly painful while I live.

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