Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tighteningly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tight-en-ing-ly
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

So as to tighten.

Etymology

From tightening + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more tighteningly (comparative) most tighteningly (superlative)

Questions

What does tighteningly mean?
So as to tighten.
Where does tighteningly come from?
From tightening + -ly.

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