Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overcompensatingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-com-pen-sat-ing-ly
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

6

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a way that overcompensates.

Example Sentences

"And for the first few songs, he was encouragingly, overcompensatingly manic, his good leg pumping, talking up the greatness in store."

Etymology

From overcompensating + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: overcompensating

Inflected Forms

more overcompensatingly (comparative) most overcompensatingly (superlative)

Questions

What does overcompensatingly mean?: In a way that overcompensates.
Where does overcompensatingly come from?: From overcompensating + -ly.

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