Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

passingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: pass-ing-ly
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Synonym of in passing.

Example Sentences

"I'm only passingly familiar with Schopenhauer: I haven't read many of his works."

Etymology

Etymology tree English passing Middle English -ly English -ly English passingly From passing + -ly.

Synonyms

in passing

Questions

What does passingly mean?: Synonym of in passing.
Where does passingly come from?: Etymology tree English passing Middle English -ly English -ly English passingly From passing + -ly.

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