witheringly

IPA: wˈɪðɝɪŋɫi

adverb

  • In a withering manner.
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Examples of "witheringly" in Sentences

  • The tone that's employed may vary from witheringly critical to mildly and politely condescending.
  • “Peg, how many women do you know named ‘Ambrose,’” Tom asked witheringly, not looking up from his sketches.
  • She blamed Simpson - whom she referred to witheringly as "that woman" - for forcing her husband onto the throne.
  • The novel, poem or essay you write today, in full confidence of its genius, may be regarded by some later version of yourself as soul-witheringly dreadful.
  • Representatives of smaller groups in particular spoke out witheringly at the suggestion that the NEA might set its sights only on larger and richer organizations.
  • What McNally presents us with, however, is a monomaniac diva who pontificates about art, bitches about fellow singers and witheringly puts down the three students she confronts.
  • At a recent advance screening of "The Social Network," the heartiest audience laugh went not to Mark Zuckerberg's deadpan zingers (as witheringly delivered by Jesse Eisenberg), or to Sean Parker's flamboyant paranoia (Justin Timberlake).
  • Occasionally a Daycon employee will pull into the parking lot and look witheringly at the rat; when the company's media relations department is asked for comment on how it feels about the rat, a representative says that she'll look into it.

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