Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frowningly

/fɹˈaʊnɪŋli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: frown-ing-ly
IPA: /fɹˈaʊnɪŋli/

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

While or as if frowning

Example Sentences

""And by what name is he known?" frowningly inquired the king."
""I'm sorry to hear you say that," said Wade, frowningly."
"She looked at him frowningly."
"This was to defeat Podson's urgent need of anybody's company to reprieve him from his own. He was constantly letting out a howl of exasperation with, "So help me Bob, Mudgy, you are a rude cow. Here have I been talking to you for half an hour and not a blinking word out of you." For which Bradly might, or might not, look frowningly round to locate a disturbance in the remote distance before returning to tonal trance again."

Etymology

From frowning + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: frowning

Inflected Forms

more frowningly (comparative) most frowningly (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce frowningly?: The recorded pronunciation is /fɹˈaʊnɪŋli/.
What does frowningly mean?: While or as if frowning
Where does frowningly come from?: From frowning + -ly.

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