Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

discouragingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables
dis-cour-ag-ing-ly
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a discouraging manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English discouraging Middle English -ly English -ly English discouragingly From discouraging + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more discouragingly (comparative) most discouragingly (superlative)

Questions

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

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