Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dotingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dot-ing-ly
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a doting manner

Etymology

Etymology tree English doting Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English dotingly From doting + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more dotingly (comparative) most dotingly (superlative) doatingly (alternative, archaic)

Questions

What does dotingly mean?: In a doting manner
Where does dotingly come from?: Etymology tree English doting Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English dotingly From doting + -ly.

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