Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fightingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fight-ing-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

So as to fight, like a fight; ferociously

Example Sentences

"He was only a vague old man who had made a muddle of life, but firmly and fightingly he was sure of that."

Etymology

From fighting + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fighting

Inflected Forms

more fightingly (comparative) most fightingly (superlative)

Synonyms

combatively pugnaciously

Questions

What does fightingly mean?: So as to fight, like a fight; ferociously
Where does fightingly come from?: From fighting + -ly.

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