scaldingly

scaldingly

English

Etymology

From scalding +‎ -ly.

Adverb

scaldingly (comparative more scaldingly, superlative most scaldingly)

  1. In a scalding manner; enough to scald.
    The water was scaldingly hot.
    • 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 102:
      In another moment a huge wave, like a muddy tidal bore, but almost scaldingly hot, came sweeping round the bend up-stream.
    • 2015 August 6, Leslie Felperin, “The Diary of a Teenage Girl review – a scaldingly honest coming-of-age comedy”, in The Guardian‎[1], archived from the original on 14 August 2021:
      Based on Phoebe Gloeckner’s remarkable, sui generis semi-autobiographical graphic novel, this scaldingly honest comedy-drama surveys a rocky stretch in the adolescence of whipsmart 15-year-old budding artist Minnie (the incandescent Bel Powley, from Benidorm and A Royal Night Out).
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