Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dauntingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables: daunt-ing-ly
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a daunting manner.

Example Sentences

"The 1920s and 1930s had established a convention of showing bathing beauties, many in dauntingly athletic poses, often depicted with male companions."

Etymology

Etymology tree English daunting Middle English -ly English -ly English dauntingly From daunting + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more dauntingly (comparative) most dauntingly (superlative)

Questions

What does dauntingly mean?: In a daunting manner.
Where does dauntingly come from?: Etymology tree English daunting Middle English -ly English -ly English dauntingly From daunting + -ly.

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