Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contemningly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
con-temn-ing-ly
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

With contempt.

Archaic

Etymology

From contemning + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more contemningly (comparative) most contemningly (superlative)

Questions

What does contemningly mean?
With contempt.
Where does contemningly come from?
From contemning + -ly.

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