Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hackingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hack-ing-ly
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a hacking manner; brokenly or jerkily.

Example Sentences

"The furnace protested long and hackingly like the lungs of an old smoker at an early morning cigarette."
"Magazine illustrations cut hackingly by her tiny, amateur fingers."
"He coughed again hard and hackingly, as an old lady came in for ammoniated quinine."
"“So now everything's fine.” I uttered a hacking laugh. “No,” I said, in answer to a query from Aunt Dahlia. “I have not accidentally swallowed my tonsils, I was merely laughing hackingly. Ironical that the young blister should say that everything is fine, for at this very moment disaster stares us in the eyeball.”"

Etymology

From hacking + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hacking

Inflected Forms

more hackingly (comparative) most hackingly (superlative)

Questions

What does hackingly mean?: In a hacking manner; brokenly or jerkily.
Where does hackingly come from?: From hacking + -ly.

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