† scratchinglyadv.
Obsolete. rare.
In a scratching manner.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adverb] > scratching or scraping
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a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. v. sig. R2v Like a cat, when scratchingly she wheeles about after a mouse.
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