pretendingly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
So as to pretend.
adv
As if by right or title; arrogantly; presumptuously.
Example Sentences
- "The disagreement starts with the species capable of pretend play, which necessarily entails disagreement over what the minds involved do in order to play pretendingly, and when."
- "I have a particular Reason to look a little pretendingly at present; therefore I hope you will excuse it"
Etymology
From pretending + -ly.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more pretendingly (comparative)
most pretendingly (superlative)