Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misgivingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mis-giv-ing-ly
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

With doubt or apprehension.

Etymology

From misgiving + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more misgivingly (comparative) most misgivingly (superlative)

Questions

What does misgivingly mean?
With doubt or apprehension.
Where does misgivingly come from?
From misgiving + -ly.

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