becomingly
/bɪˈkʌmɪŋli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Some of these were dressed most gorgeously, others becomingly, and several sneaked in with fantail bangers, calling themselves "Gentlemen of the Nineteenth Century.""
- "The pleated skirts she liked were becomingly short."
Etymology
Etymology tree English becoming Middle English -ly English -ly English becomingly From becoming + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /bɪˈkʌmɪŋli/
Inflected Forms
more becomingly (comparative)
most becomingly (superlative)