heepishly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a cloying, insincerely obsequious manner.
Example Sentences
- "Why should he take a sort of imbecile and morbid satisfaction, in appearing in the public chronicles of the day, under the depreciating, and, as it appears to us, ‘ Heep’-ishly ‘ umble ’ title of ‘ a small clergyman ?’"
- "They're the ones slavering like Wile E. Coyote over that low-fat commissary quesadilla, or Heepishly dry-washing their red little hands while they pore over next month's studio spread sheet."
- "Rupert did express shame and contrition, however gruffly, ineptly and Heepishly: 'This is the most humble day of my life.'"
Etymology
From Heepish + -ly: From the Dickens character Uriah Heep, noted for his cloying humility, obsequiousness, and insincerity, the stereotypical yes man.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more Heepishly (comparative)
most Heepishly (superlative)