Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stingingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sting-ing-ly
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a stinging way.

Example Sentences

"a stingingly malicious insult"
"a sudden wind blowing sand stingingly into our eyes"

Etymology

Etymology tree English stinging Middle English -ly English -ly English stingingly From stinging + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more stingingly (comparative) most stingingly (superlative)

Questions

What does stingingly mean?: In a stinging way.
Where does stingingly come from?: Etymology tree English stinging Middle English -ly English -ly English stingingly From stinging + -ly.

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