Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grindingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: grind-ing-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

With a grinding sound or motion.

adv

With tedious repetition; mechanically.

Example Sentences

"Grindingly, laths of wood yielded to brown and yellow hands, a wrenching and screaming of twisted nails fanfared the discovery of the treasure beneath."
"It was a grindingly dull lecture."

Etymology

Etymology tree English grinding Middle English -ly English -ly English grindingly From grinding + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more grindingly (comparative) most grindingly (superlative)

Questions

What does grindingly mean?: With a grinding sound or motion.
Where does grindingly come from?: Etymology tree English grinding Middle English -ly English -ly English grindingly From grinding + -ly.

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