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discerningly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables
dis-cern-ing-ly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a discerning manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English discerning Middle English -ly English -ly English discerningly From discerning + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more discerningly (comparative) most discerningly (superlative)

Questions

What does discerningly mean?
In a discerning manner.
Where does discerningly come from?
Etymology tree English discerning Middle English -ly English -ly English discerningly From discerning + -ly.

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