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Cringingly vs Clingingly - What's the difference?

cringingly | clingingly |

As adverbs the difference between cringingly and clingingly

is that cringingly is in a cringing manner; while cringing while clingingly is in a clinging manner; tenaciously or possessively.

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

    clingingly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a clinging manner; tenaciously or possessively.