😣 Irritating to skin 🔊 With scratchy sound

scratchingly

8.3

In a way that makes the skin feel rough or itchy so you want to rub it

adverb
/ˈskrætʃɪŋli/

: rasposamente

The fabric was cheap and scratchingly rough against her skin.

Examples

After the hike, her legs felt scratchingly irritated from the tall grass.
The old chair had a scratchingly uncomfortable surface that made sitting on it unpleasant.
Very difficult, not to mention head-scratchingly improbable.

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Synonyms

gallingly

vsscratchingly

9.6

In a way that rubs the skin and makes it sore

produces a scratching sensation or irritation rather than rubbing soreness

itchingly

vsscratchingly

6.7

In a way that makes your skin want to be scratched

produces a scratching sensation or irritation rather than an itching feeling

scratchily

vsscratchingly

5.8

In a rough, harsh way that makes a scraping sound

causes skin irritation and a scratching sensation rather than general roughness

Antonyms

soothingly

4 3.0

In a way that makes someone feel calm and safe

How Irritating

abrasively

Specialized

6.6

scratchingly

8.3

roughly

36 1.4

lightly

86 1.0

gently

372 1.0

Surface Forms

scratchingly positive

Morphology

scratchingly = scratching (transparent) = scratch + ing + ly

The adverb is formed by adding -ly to 'scratching' and its meaning is directly the adverbial form of 'scratching'.

Etymology

Scratchingly comes from the simple English verb scratch, which means 'to rub or scrape', with -ing and -ly added to make an adverb. So, scratchingly describes something that makes your skin itch or feel sore, like a rough sweater against your arms.