Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pokingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pok-ing-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

So as to poke out or protrude.

adv

In a drudging, servile manner.

Dated

Example Sentences

"GMW Wemyss, Markham Shaw Pyle, The Transatlantic Disputations: Essays and Meditations […] the 1975 InterCity poster consisting simply of a Page Three girl, wearing a shirt and a hat and nothing else, bra-less (and this is clamantly, pokingly evident) […]"
"We arose when the first streak of grey light appeared in the east, and, without stopping to prepare our breakfast, we resumed our toilsome march. The poor starved and thirsty mules plodded pokingly along, in rather a doleful plight."

Etymology

From poking + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: poking

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

more pokingly (comparative) most pokingly (superlative)

Questions

What does pokingly mean?: So as to poke out or protrude.
Where does pokingly come from?: From poking + -ly.

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