English
stingingly
From stinging + -ly.
A compound of stinging + -ly
Proto-Germanic *stinganą ‘to stick out’
Proto-West Germanic *stingan ‘to stick out’
Old English stingan ‘to stab’
Middle English styngen ‘to pierce or stab’
Middle English styngynge
English stinging
Today it means
adv In a stinging way.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “stingingly”. 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.
Etymograph / stingingly