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kiddingly

/kˈɪdɪŋli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kid-ding-ly
IPA
/kˈɪdɪŋli/
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a kidding manner; jestingly, jokingly.

Etymology

Etymology tree English kidding Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English kiddingly From kidding + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more kiddingly (comparative) most kiddingly (superlative)

Derived Forms

unkiddingly

Questions

How do you pronounce kiddingly?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈɪdɪŋli/.
What does kiddingly mean?
In a kidding manner; jestingly, jokingly.
Where does kiddingly come from?
Etymology tree English kidding Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English kiddingly From kidding + -ly.

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