Usually means: Persistently and painfully bothersome or distressing.
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  1. gnawingly: Merriam-Webster
  2. gnawingly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gnawingly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. gnawingly: Wiktionary
  5. gnawingly: Dictionary.com
  6. gnawingly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. gnawingly: Idioms

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▸ adverb:  In a manner that chafes or worries.

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chafingly, concerningly, gnashingly, nigglingly, gripingly, naggingly, ranklingly, chaffingly, nettlingly, nervily, more...

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chafingly, concerningly, gnashingly, nigglingly, gripingly, naggingly, ranklingly, chaffingly, nettlingly, nervily, more...



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