Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

despondingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-spond-ing-ly
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a desponding manner.

Example Sentences

""But you cannot tell where she went on leaving here?" Robert asked, despondingly."

Etymology

Etymology tree English desponding Middle English -ly English -ly English despondingly From desponding + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more despondingly (comparative) most despondingly (superlative)

Questions

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

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