Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mortifyingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mor-ti-fy-ing-ly
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a mortifying manner; so as to cause great embarrassment.

Etymology

From mortifying + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more mortifyingly (comparative) most mortifyingly (superlative)

Questions

What does mortifyingly mean?
In a mortifying manner; so as to cause great embarrassment.
Where does mortifyingly come from?
From mortifying + -ly.

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