Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forgivingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
for-giv-ing-ly
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a forgiving way.

Etymology

Etymology tree English forgiving Middle English -ly English -ly English forgivingly From forgiving + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more forgivingly (comparative) most forgivingly (superlative)

Questions

What does forgivingly mean?
In a forgiving way.
Where does forgivingly come from?
Etymology tree English forgiving Middle English -ly English -ly English forgivingly From forgiving + -ly.

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