Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fawningly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fawn-ing-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a fawning or sycophantic manner.

Example Sentences

"So it’s almost a relief to encounter an episode that allows me to be critical instead of fawningly reverent."

Etymology

Etymology tree English fawning Middle English -ly English -ly English fawningly From fawning + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more fawningly (comparative) most fawningly (superlative)

Synonyms

sycophantically unctuously

Questions

What does fawningly mean?: In a fawning or sycophantic manner.
Where does fawningly come from?: Etymology tree English fawning Middle English -ly English -ly English fawningly From fawning + -ly.

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