eyeingly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "It would seem that the devil employs all his energies in Rome at misrepresentation and falsehood, and eyeingly awaits a papal word as would a dog a bone from the table of his master."
- "Montanan Has Speed, Endurance and Judge of Pace to Accomplish Feat, Mentor Believes; Deacon Gil Dodds Looks Eyeingly at Honor"
- "Jimmie felt like a snoop, and like one of the most vulgar sort, who, while enjoying the hospitality of your house, go about silently, eyeingly pricing the worth of everything, including your family relationships."
- "At the present time, they are waiting patiently and eyeingly to see just who their opponent will be."
- "‘Let’s get the facts straight. If there’s any shilly-shallying about what they are, someone has to find out.’ / He thought for a moment and looked up eyeingly. ‘That might be a job, if ever there was one, for our friends in the United Nations.’"
Etymology
From eyeing + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more eyeingly (comparative)
most eyeingly (superlative)