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Cringing vs Cringingly - What's the difference?

cringing | cringingly |

As a verb cringing

is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun cringing

is act of one who cringes.

As an adverb cringingly is

in a cringing manner; while cringing.

cringing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Act of one who cringes.
    • the servile bowings and cringings of courtiers

    cringingly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a cringing manner; while cringing.
  • So as to make one cringe.
  • * 2004 , Bill Hillsman, Run the Other Way: Fixing the Two-Party System (ISBN 0743238591), page 11:
    • Instead, the campaign had run a couple of the most cringingly bad political commercials ever made, including one spot on the issue of abortion starring Wellstone's teenage daughter, Marcia.

    Synonyms

    * (so as to make one cringe) cringeworthily