gnawingly

English

Etymology

From gnawing +‎ -ly.

Adverb

gnawingly (comparative more gnawingly, superlative most gnawingly)

1. In a manner that chafes or worries.
   • 2007, Steven James, The Pawn, page 121:

     Somehow seeing that small streak of blood made the way she felt inside seem less out of control, less desperate, less awkwardly, gnawingly painful.