Bitingly
nipping; smarting; keen:
biting cold; a biting sensation on the tongue.
cutting; sarcastic:
a biting remark.
Historical Examples
The Corner House Girls Grace Brooks Hill
Meadow Grass Alice Brown
The Deerslayer James Fenimore Cooper
The Players Everett B. Cole
Laramie Holds the Range Frank H. Spearman
Shadow, the Mysterious Detective Police Captain Howard
From the Housetops George Barr McCutcheon
The Land of Promise D. Torbett
From Aldershot to Pretoria W. E. Sellers
A Mating in the Wilds Ottwell Binns
adjective
piercing; keen: a biting wind
sarcastic; incisive: a biting comment
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