Speakur

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punishingly

/pˈʌnɪʃɪŋli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables
pun-ish-ing-ly
IPA
/pˈʌnɪʃɪŋli/
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

So as to punish.

adv

In a way that is tiring or exhausting.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English punishing Middle English -ly English -ly English punishingly From punishing + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more punishingly (comparative) most punishingly (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce punishingly?
The recorded pronunciation is /pˈʌnɪʃɪŋli/.
What does punishingly mean?
So as to punish.
Where does punishingly come from?
Etymology tree English punishing Middle English -ly English -ly English punishingly From punishing + -ly.

How to pronounce punishingly

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