Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trappingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: trap-ping-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

So as to trap someone or something.

Example Sentences

"Walls waited for him cunningly within the square blotch of darkness which the dormer's casement framed; if he passed himself within the casement the frame would enlarge into walls about him, trappingly, […]"

Etymology

From trapping + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: trapping

Questions

What does trappingly mean?: So as to trap someone or something.
Where does trappingly come from?: From trapping + -ly.

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