Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disapprovingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables: dis-ap-prov-ing-ly
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a disapproving manner

Example Sentences

"'What did you give for that?' 'A shilling, ma'am.' 'Tst! tst! tst!' said the old lady, disapprovingly."

Etymology

Etymology tree English disapproving Middle English -ly English -ly English disapprovingly From disapproving + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more disapprovingly (comparative) most disapprovingly (superlative)

Synonyms

censoriously condemningly reprehensively blamingly condemnatorily disapprovingly

Questions

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

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