Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

detractingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-tract-ing-ly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

So as to detract; in a detracting manner.

Etymology

From detracting + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more detractingly (comparative) most detractingly (superlative)

Questions

What does detractingly mean?
So as to detract; in a detracting manner.
Where does detractingly come from?
From detracting + -ly.

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