What does smartingly mean?
Smartingly means So as to smart; with a stinging pain..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
So as to smart; with a stinging pain..
The bargain might appear unequal; but there was still another consideration in the scales; for while Jekyll would suffer smartingly in the fires of abstinence, Hyde would be not even be conscious of all that he had lost.
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Smartingly means So as to smart; with a stinging pain..
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The bargain might appear unequal; but there was still another consideration in the scales; for while Jekyll would suffer smartingly in the fires of abstinence, Hyde would be not even be conscious of all that he had lost.
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