Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

imposingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables
im-pos-ing-ly
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an imposing manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English imposing Middle English -ly English -ly English imposingly From imposing + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more imposingly (comparative) most imposingly (superlative)

Synonyms

Questions

What does imposingly mean?
In an imposing manner.
Where does imposingly come from?
Etymology tree English imposing Middle English -ly English -ly English imposingly From imposing + -ly.

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