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despisingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-spis-ing-ly
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Contemptuously; with scorn.

Etymology

Etymology tree English despising Middle English -ly English -ly English despisingly From despising + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more despisingly (comparative) most despisingly (superlative)

Questions

What does despisingly mean?
Contemptuously; with scorn.
Where does despisingly come from?
Etymology tree English despising Middle English -ly English -ly English despisingly From despising + -ly.

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