Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

delayingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-lay-ing-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

So as to delay.

Example Sentences

"And Annie could have wept for pity of him; And yet she held him on delayingly With many a scarce-believable excuse, Trying his truth and his long-sufferance, Till half-another year had slipt away."
"The mother glanced round at the bed, and said, glad to occupy herself delayingly with the minor care: “Why, you have been sitting up all night! You will kill yourself.”"
"He was unpacking too, though as coyly and delayingly as he had undressed that day at the Highgate Ponds."

Etymology

From delaying + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: delaying

Inflected Forms

more delayingly (comparative) most delayingly (superlative)

Questions

What does delayingly mean?: So as to delay.
Where does delayingly come from?: From delaying + -ly.

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