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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

piningly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pin-ing-ly
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

While pining; sorrowfully.

Etymology

From pining + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more piningly (comparative) most piningly (superlative)

Questions

What does piningly mean?
While pining; sorrowfully.
Where does piningly come from?
From pining + -ly.

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