galling
adjective
gallingly
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a word derived from
galling.
Example Sentences
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Most gallingly for their menfolk, these previously disenchanted wives had also found self-confidence and a notable degree of emotional independence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
Yet, gallingly, they also hailed from the most privileged precincts of American society, places like the elite prep school Groton, Harvard, and Wall Street.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2023
We don’t need to be personally acquainted with anyone in Ukraine, of course, to find the war abhorrent and its casualties gallingly tragic.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 5, 2022
Could this be his rather corrupt and gallingly roundabout way of telling you that he’s losing interest?
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2019
Fine as martial music he was, yet gallingly out of her rhythm, above her key.
From Kincaid's Battery by Alonzo Kimball
