Adverb
In a scalding manner; enough to scald.
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The water was scaldingly hot.
In another moment a huge wave, like a muddy tidal bore, but almost scaldingly hot, came sweeping round the bend up-stream.
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Based on Phoebe Gloeckner’s remarkable, sui generis semi-autobiographical graphic novel, this scaldingly honest comedy-drama surveys a rocky stretch in the adolescence of whipsmart 15-year-old budding artist Minnie (the incandescent Bel Powley, from Benidorm and A Royal Night Out).