Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dingily

/ˈdɪndʒɪli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dingi-ly
IPA: /ˈdɪndʒɪli/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a dingy manner.

Example Sentences

"Yonder dingily white remnant of a huge snowbank,—which will yet cumber the sidewalk till the latter days of March,—over or through that wintry waste must I stride onward."
"Behind, the terraced sides of a mountain, abrupt in places, rising high, Broken, with rocks, with clinging cedars, with tall shapes dingily seen;"
"Gracie died just at the time when I had no emotion whatsoever to spend on her: dingily, surrounded by nurses and heartless starched blouses, in a Bournemouth nursing home."

Etymology

Etymology tree English dingy Middle English -ly English -ly English dingily From dingy + -ly.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈdɪndʒɪli/

Inflected Forms

more dingily (comparative) most dingily (superlative)

Synonyms

grubbily grungily

Questions

How do you pronounce dingily?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɪndʒɪli/.
What does dingily mean?: In a dingy manner.
Where does dingily come from?: Etymology tree English dingy Middle English -ly English -ly English dingily From dingy + -ly.

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