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scorchingly
adverb
uk /ˈskɔː.tʃɪŋ.li/ us /ˈskɔːr.tʃɪŋ.li/
scorchinglyadverb (HOT)
in a way that is very hot:
scorchingly hotThe whole state has been scorchingly hot this summer.
They grow all sorts of chillies, from the mildest to the scorchingly strong.
The sun shone warmly, at times even scorchingly, through a thin veil of clouds.
These galaxies are filled with scorchingly hot gas.
It can be cold here at night during winter, but the summer is scorchingly hot.
The curry was spicy, but not scorchingly so.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Hot & heat
bake
baking
beat down
blisteringly
boiling
boiling hot
closeness
fug
haze
haze over
heated
mirage
overheat
stifling
stiflingly
stuffiness
suffocatingly
superhot
sweltering
torrid
scorchinglyadverb (CRITICIZING)
in a way that criticizes someone very severely:
His article was so scorchingly rude that he will probably never be able to work there again.
She gives a scorchingly honest account of her life there.
This is a scorchingly angry book.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Critical & uncomplimentary
acidulous
aloof
astringency
astringently
barbed
be all very wellidiom
captious
censorious
derogatory
hypercritical
pungently
scarifying
scarifyingly
scathing
scathingly
self-critical
shade
sniffy
uncomplimentary
venomous
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