cringingly
English edit
Etymology edit
Adverb edit
cringingly (comparative more cringingly, superlative most cringingly)
- 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, 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 edit
- (so as to make one cringe): cringeworthily, cringily