Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overweeningly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-ween-ing-ly
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an overweening way; arrogantly.

Example Sentences

"At size 8, I had to admit, I was so self-conscious (and secretly, overweeningly proud of it) that often that was all I was."

Etymology

From overweening + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: overweening

Inflected Forms

more overweeningly (comparative) most overweeningly (superlative)

Questions

What does overweeningly mean?: In an overweening way; arrogantly.
Where does overweeningly come from?: From overweening + -ly.

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