Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overbearingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables
over-bear-ing-ly
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an overbearing manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English overbearing Middle English -ly English -ly English overbearingly From overbearing + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more overbearingly (comparative) most overbearingly (superlative)

Questions

What does overbearingly mean?
In an overbearing manner.
Where does overbearingly come from?
Etymology tree English overbearing Middle English -ly English -ly English overbearingly From overbearing + -ly.

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