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bitingly
adverb
uk /ˈbaɪ.tɪŋ.li/ us /ˈbaɪ.t̬ɪŋ.li/
bitinglyadverb (COLD)
in a way that is so cold as to cause physical pain:
bitingly coldIt has been bitingly cold all week.
In the mountains, the night air is bitingly cold.
The days were beautiful and bright, but the nights were bitingly chilly.
It was a bitingly cold but brilliant afternoon.
She stepped out into the bitingly chill wind.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Cold
Arctic
Baltic
bitter
bone-chilling
brass
chill
chill factor
chilled
freeze
frostbite
glacially
isothermal
isothermally
keenness
minus
nippy
occluded front
parky
perishing
wintry
bitinglyadverb (CRITICAL)
in a way that criticizes someone or something or invites you to laugh at them, especially when this is funny and clever:
bitingly funnyThe acclaimed novel is a bitingly funny satire of the recording industry.
The drama takes a bitingly satirical look at middle-class family life.
This is her most bitingly political work yet.
She paints a bitingly witty picture of the corporate world.
"Stop behaving like my mother," she said bitingly.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Humour & humorous
amusingly
blackly
bone dryidiom
bring
broadness
drily
gag
geddit?
GSOH
jocose
lightly
non-serious
pawky
photobomb
photobombing
playfully
rib
standing joke
wag
wisecrack
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