Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raspingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rasp-ing-ly
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a rasping way.

Example Sentences

"Ali is irreverent, lazy and raspingly sardonic, and his obvious fictional predecessor is Joseph Heller ’s Yossarian."

Etymology

From rasping + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: rasping

Inflected Forms

more raspingly (comparative) most raspingly (superlative)

Synonyms

raspily gratingly harshly

Questions

What does raspingly mean?: In a rasping way.
Where does raspingly come from?: From rasping + -ly.

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