The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stinging \Sting"ing\, a. Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke. -- Sting"ing*ly, adv.
Stinging cell. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Lasso cell, under Lasso.
Wiktionary
adv. In a stinging way.
Usage examples of "stingingly".
And then the inch-thick living tendrils whipped around him until they were like a red-barred cage, their tips not quite touching him, until one slowly dipped and drew itself stingingly across his chest.
Rock dust and grit flew stingingly against my face and Nighteyes pressed close against my leg.
She had scalded them in Wintrow's rescue, for when she had seized him to keep him from drowning, the serpent slime on his clothing had rubbed off on her, leaving shiny red patches, stingingly sensitive to both heat and cold.
Jeering laughter and triumphant calls rose stingingly from the other ship as it pulled steadily away from the Vivacia.
The other’s blade caught in the silver necklace on the Terran’s breast, scored stingingly across his chest.
The other's blade caught in the silver necklace on the Terran's breast, scored stingingly across his chest.