Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

treading lightly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables
tread-ing -light-ly
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of tread lightly

Questions

What does treading lightly mean?
present participle and gerund of tread lightly

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