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flatteringly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables
flat-ter-ing-ly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a flattering manner.

Etymology

From Middle English flateryngly, flateringli, alteration of earlier flaterandly. By surface analysis, flattering + -ly.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more flatteringly (comparative) most flatteringly (superlative)

Questions

What does flatteringly mean?
In a flattering manner.
Where does flatteringly come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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