Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dismissively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables: dis-mis-sive-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a dismissive manner.

Example Sentences

"Letter writers who criticize the president have long been responding dismissively to claims they suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome […] and the May 6 example drew particularly pointed replies."

Etymology

Etymology tree English dismissive Middle English -ly English -ly English dismissively From dismissive + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more dismissively (comparative) most dismissively (superlative)

Questions

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

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