Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parchingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: parch-ing-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

So as to parch or dry out.

Example Sentences

"Most statistical tables are parchingly dry in the reading; not so in the present case, however, where the reader is flooded with whole pipes, barrels, quarts, and gills of good gin and good cheer."

Etymology

From parching + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: parching

Inflected Forms

more parchingly (comparative) most parchingly (superlative)

Questions

What does parchingly mean?: So as to parch or dry out.
Where does parchingly come from?: From parching + -ly.

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