Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forbiddingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables
for-bid-ding-ly
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

in a forbidding manner

Etymology

Etymology tree English forbidding Middle English -ly English -ly English forbiddingly From forbidding + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more forbiddingly (comparative) most forbiddingly (superlative)

Questions

What does forbiddingly mean?
in a forbidding manner
Where does forbiddingly come from?
Etymology tree English forbidding Middle English -ly English -ly English forbiddingly From forbidding + -ly.

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