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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gratingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables
grat-ing-ly
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

With a grating sound.

adv

So as to grate or jar; in a tiresome or irritating manner.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English grating Middle English -ly English -ly English gratingly From grating + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more gratingly (comparative) most gratingly (superlative)

Synonyms

raspingly harshly

Questions

What does gratingly mean?
With a grating sound.
Where does gratingly come from?
Etymology tree English grating Middle English -ly English -ly English gratingly From grating + -ly.

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