Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meaningly

/ˈmiːnɪŋli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mean-ing-ly
IPA: /ˈmiːnɪŋli/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

With an implied meaning; with significance; meaningfully.

Example Sentences

"Fascinated, she stood shaken ungovernably by its horrible suggestiveness, while above and about her the trees shivered meaningly."
"Ada opened the album at one of its maroon markers meaningly inserted here and there, glanced once, reclicked the clasp, handed the grinning blackmailer a thousand-dollar note that she happened to have in her bag, summoned Bouteillan and told him to throw Kim out."

Etymology

From Middle English meningli, menyngli, equivalent to meaning + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: meningli
Suffix: meaning

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈmiːnɪŋli/

Inflected Forms

more meaningly (comparative) most meaningly (superlative)

Phrases

well-meaningly

Frequently Paired Words

well-meaningly

Questions

How do you pronounce meaningly?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmiːnɪŋli/.
What does meaningly mean?: With an implied meaning; with significance; meaningfully.
Where does meaningly come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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