clawingly

adv

Etymology: From clawing + -ly.

1. With a clawing motion; with a sharp, raking grip.

   “He held one gigantic hand in front of her eyes so she could see it and smell it, then rammed it clawingly down her dress front.”

   “It was May now and summer was on the ascent, the nights were warm but not yet clawingly humid and the constant South Dakota breeze was strangely absent tonight.”