Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

avengingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: aveng-ing-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

So as to avenge.

Example Sentences

"In mercy ye skies to my woes, Let your thunders avengingly roll, And death kindly hush to repose The Etna that bursts on my soul."
"The remembrance of the engagement that I had broken came back on me avengingly […]"
"His cheeks grew tight with fury at the thought that he had just been duped into humiliation by a man who was almost the same age as he was and still only a captain, and he swung upon the chaplain avengingly with a look of such murderous antagonism that the chaplain began to tremble."

Etymology

From avenging + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: avenging

Inflected Forms

more avengingly (comparative) most avengingly (superlative)

Questions

What does avengingly mean?: So as to avenge.
Where does avengingly come from?: From avenging + -ly.

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