gibingly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
With gibes; scornfully; jestingly.
Example Sentences
- "[…] but your loves, Thinking upon his services, took from you The apprehension of his present portance, Which most gibingly, ungravely, he did fashion After the inveterate hate he bears you."
- "“You little fool!” he said half-angrily, half-gibingly; and thereafter they rode in silence - she too mortified with shame and anger to venture upon words."
Etymology
From gibing + -ly.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more gibingly (comparative)
most gibingly (superlative)