Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flappingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: flap-ping-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

With a flapping motion.

Example Sentences

"His rigged large ears like a Fox-hounde flappingly pendent, whose vast stature was little lesse, then a verye naturall Olyphant."
"When he talked, he pawed the air with his hands flappingly, something after the fashion of a kangaroo […]"
"His blue overalls, faded from many washings, fitted him flappingly."
"There was a crippled man down there […]. Convulsions made the man dance flappingly all the time, made him change his expressions, too, as though he were trying to imitate various famous movie stars."

Etymology

From flapping + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: flapping

Inflected Forms

more flappingly (comparative) most flappingly (superlative)

Questions

What does flappingly mean?: With a flapping motion.
Where does flappingly come from?: From flapping + -ly.

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