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searingly

adverb

searingly is spelled S-E-A-R-I-N-G-L-Y: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, searingly means “In a burning, blistering, hot manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in searingly?

Letters9: S-E-A-R-I-N-G-L-Y
In writingabout once in every 30 million words; the 167,786th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is searingly?

Searingly appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of searingly

  • more searingly comparative
  • most searingly superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does searingly mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adverb

  1. 1

    In a burning, blistering, hot manner.

  2. 2

    Harshly; mercilessly.

    a searingly honest appraisal of her career prospects

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does searingly come from?

From searing + -ly.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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