maddeningly
/mˈædənɪŋli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Walking back to the little wooden bungalow, Bond picked up his first sandfly bites. Quarrel chuckled when he saw the flat bumps on his back that would soon start to itch maddeningly."
- "Hardman ran to the corner and jumped into a trishaw. The driver was maddeningly slow and stupid."
- "Precise herbed-lamb packets amid art nouveau swirls of asparagus noodles, a lacy tuile that adds a peekaboo seductivity to potato gnocchi — [Anthony] Martin’s presentations are bold and beautiful, yet his flavor pairings are almost maddeningly subtle, driving overanalytical foodies to despair."
- "Using her hands like windshield wipers, she tried to flick snow away from her mouth. When she clawed at her chest and neck, the crumbs maddeningly slid back onto her face. She grew claustrophobic."
Etymology
Etymology tree English maddening Middle English -ly English -ly English maddeningly From maddening + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more maddeningly (comparative)
most maddeningly (superlative)