Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

faintingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: faint-ing-ly
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

While fainting; so as to faint.

Example Sentences

"Newly rescued from the desert, she faintingly asked for water."

Etymology

From fainting + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fainting

Inflected Forms

more faintingly (comparative) most faintingly (superlative)

Questions

What does faintingly mean?: While fainting; so as to faint.
Where does faintingly come from?: From fainting + -ly.

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