Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

despairingly

/dɪˈspɛəɹ.ɪŋ.li/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables: de-spair-ing-ly
IPA: /dɪˈspɛəɹ.ɪŋ.li/

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a despairing manner.

Example Sentences

"It was raining. She was over there, crouched despairingly beneath the awning of that shop. She wanted to be elsewhere, but the moisture lay in wait to damage her hat."

Etymology

Etymology tree English despairing Middle English -ly English -ly English despairingly From despairing + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more despairingly (comparative) most despairingly (superlative)

Synonyms

despondently

Questions

How do you pronounce despairingly?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈspɛəɹ.ɪŋ.li/.
What does despairingly mean?: In a despairing manner.
Where does despairingly come from?: Etymology tree English despairing Middle English -ly English -ly English despairingly From despairing + -ly.

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