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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cloyingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables
cloy-ing-ly
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a cloying manner; with distasteful excess.

adv

In an excessively sweet manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English cloying Middle English -ly English -ly English cloyingly From cloying + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more cloyingly (comparative) most cloyingly (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

cloy

Questions

What does cloyingly mean?
In a cloying manner; with distasteful excess.
Where does cloyingly come from?
Etymology tree English cloying Middle English -ly English -ly English cloyingly From cloying + -ly.

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