Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

greetingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: greet-ing-ly
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

By way of greeting.

Example Sentences

"Their barking was only an alarm: the moment that they were spoken to, they retired, or came towards us greetingly and kindly."

Etymology

From greeting + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: greeting

Questions

What does greetingly mean?: By way of greeting.
Where does greetingly come from?: From greeting + -ly.

How to pronounce greetingly

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