glaringly

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glaringly

  • /ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋli/ UK
  • /ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋlɪ/ UK
  • /ˈɡlɛɹɪŋli/ US

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English glaring

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English glaringly

From glaring + -ly.

adverb more glaringly · most glaringly

  1. literally With intense light. […] the light now on, now off, now on too glaringly, now too dimly, with the glow of a fitful dying battery—then at last to know the whole town plunged into darkness […]
  2. figuratively So as to be highly visible or obvious; so as to attract notice or attention. The error was glaringly obvious, yet nobody said anything about it.

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