Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

distinguishingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-tin-guish-ing-ly
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

With distinction; with some mark of preference.

Example Sentences

"January 13, 1714, Alexander Pope, letter to Joseph Addison the heads of that party have been distinguishingly favourable to me"

Etymology

From distinguishing + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: distinguishing

Inflected Forms

more distinguishingly (comparative) most distinguishingly (superlative)

Questions

What does distinguishingly mean?: With distinction; with some mark of preference.
Where does distinguishingly come from?: From distinguishing + -ly.

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