gallingly
- a word derived from galling.
Example Sentences
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Most gallingly, Murkowski wrote, “While we have worked to improve the present bill for Alaska, it is not good enough for the rest of our nation—and we all know it.”
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2025
While Zora and Henry get the chance to debate the merits of their work along the way, Koepp’s screenplay gallingly diverts attention to a far less charming parallel storyline just when things are getting good.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2025
It sounds equal parts heavily loaded and carefully measured; euphemistically shady yet gallingly neutral.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2021
As recently as five or six years ago, those words together still conjured an off-putting image for many men—of over-designed, gallingly expensive footwear, littered with logos in a way that evoked a duty free shop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2015
It marked the most gallingly unsuccessful period in a life which, it seemed to him, had been one big futile promise.
From Grit Lawless by Young, F.E. Mills
