Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paying dearly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables
pay-ing dear-ly
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of pay dearly

Questions

What does paying dearly mean?
present participle and gerund of pay dearly

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