clawingly

English

Etymology

From clawing +‎ -ly.

Adverb

clawingly (comparative more clawingly, superlative most clawingly)

1. With a clawing motion; with a sharp, raking grip.
   • 1970, Alice Walker, The Third Life of Grange Copeland, page 100:

     He held one gigantic hand in front of her eyes so she could see it and smell it, then rammed it clawingly down her dress front.

   • 2004, Jennifer Marshall, The Christie Legacy, page 288:

     It was May now and summer was on the ascent, the nights were warm but not yet clawingly humid and the constant South Dakota breeze was strangely absent tonight.