Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dismayingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-may-ing-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a manner that causes dismay.

Etymology

Etymology tree English dismaying Middle English -ly English -ly English dismayingly From dismaying + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more dismayingly (comparative) most dismayingly (superlative)

Synonyms

distressingly disturbingly perturbingly

Questions

What does dismayingly mean?: In a manner that causes dismay.
Where does dismayingly come from?: Etymology tree English dismaying Middle English -ly English -ly English dismayingly From dismaying + -ly.

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