Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lingeringly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables: lin-ger-ing-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a lingering manner, persistently, tending to remain.

Etymology

Etymology tree English lingering Middle English -ly English -ly English lingeringly From lingering + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more lingeringly (comparative) most lingeringly (superlative)

Synonyms

protractedly

Questions

What does lingeringly mean?: In a lingering manner, persistently, tending to remain.
Where does lingeringly come from?: Etymology tree English lingering Middle English -ly English -ly English lingeringly From lingering + -ly.

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