Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cavilingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cav-il-ing-ly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

With petty criticism.

Archaic

Etymology

From caviling + -ly.

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Questions

What does cavilingly mean?
With petty criticism.
Where does cavilingly come from?
From caviling + -ly.

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