Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exactingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables
ex-act-ing-ly
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an exacting manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English exacting Middle English -ly English -ly English exactingly From exacting + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more exactingly (comparative) most exactingly (superlative)

Questions

What does exactingly mean?
In an exacting manner.
Where does exactingly come from?
Etymology tree English exacting Middle English -ly English -ly English exactingly From exacting + -ly.

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