gratingly

English

Etymology

From grating +‎ -ly.

Adverb

gratingly (comparative more gratingly, superlative most gratingly)

1. With a grating sound.
2. So as to grate or jar; in a tiresome or irritating manner.
   • 2025 September 30, Larry Sanger, “6. Reveal who Wikipedia’s leaders are.”, in larrysanger.org‎:

     User pages in general tend to be gratingly cute.