Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wallowingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wal-low-ing-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

So as to wallow.

Example Sentences

"It was nothing less than Leoville de Vinchelez's strange catapult-carrying catamaran, barely under control and listing to port as it sailed wallowingly towards the headland […]"
"She had stormed dramatically off and got on the first train she saw at Waterloo station and rode it the whole way down to Brighton, taking a room in a seedy B and B. But then, after a nap, still feeling wobbly and also wallowingly sorry for herself, Diantha climbed off the bed and sat down at the desk to write Charles some operatic note of farewell."

Etymology

From wallowing + -ly.

Questions

What does wallowingly mean?: So as to wallow.
Where does wallowingly come from?: From wallowing + -ly.

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