Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

balkingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
balk-ing-ly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

in a balking manner

Etymology

From balking + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more balkingly (comparative) most balkingly (superlative) baulkingly (alternative)

Questions

What does balkingly mean?
in a balking manner
Where does balkingly come from?
From balking + -ly.

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