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gnawingly
(
comparative
more
gnawingly
,
superlative
most
gnawingly
)
In a manner that
chafes
or
worries
.
2007
, Steven James,
The Pawn
, page
121
:
Somehow seeing that small streak of blood made the way she felt inside seem less out of control, less desperate, less awkwardly,
gnawingly
painful.