English
smartingly
From smarting + -ly.
Formed from smarting + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- ‘to sting’
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Proto-West Germanic *smertan ‘to hurt, to smart’
Old English *smeortan ‘to smart’
Old English smeortung ‘smarting, itching’
Middle English smertyng
English smarting
Today it means
adv So as to smart; with a stinging pain.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “smartingly”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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