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cuttingly adverb uk /ˈkʌt.ɪŋ.li/ us /ˈkʌt̬.ɪŋ.li/ in a way that is unkind and intending to upset someone: This satire is both hilarious and cuttingly accurate. She pushed the plate away, and said cuttingly, "This is absolutely disgusting". You've spoken cuttingly about men's hairstyles, but what about women? The remark by the opposition leader was cuttingly effective in the debate this afternoon. My father was a well read and cuttingly witty intellectual. He can be cuttingly disrespectful at times, but he was in a good mood tonight. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Saddening, shocking and upsetting affecting agonizingly arrogance baleful be cold comfortidiom distressful distressfully distressing distressingly dolorous hurtful hurtfully impiously impiousness lacerating teary touching touchingly tragically traumatic
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