Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chokingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chok-ing-ly
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

While or as if choking, or in such a way as to cause one to choke.

Example Sentences

"Quirr, quirr! her hot head buzzed, and her dry mouth opened chokingly, and she called him till she was dumb, till she could neither hear nor see."
"Ye say I played checkers with him--and--" "Uncle Pros, you used to talk to him by the hour, when you didn't know me at all," Johnnie told him chokingly."
"In a number of paintings Hatch imposes totemic animals--lizards, dinosaurs, lions--in unexpected places: as decorative pins, unwieldy ties, chokingly large necklaces."
"His fiction, which has only recently been appearing here, can be stylistically elusive, but in essence it is chokingly direct."

Etymology

From choking + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: choking

Inflected Forms

more chokingly (comparative) most chokingly (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

chokily

Questions

What does chokingly mean?: While or as if choking, or in such a way as to cause one to choke.
Where does chokingly come from?: From choking + -ly.

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