Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retardingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
re-tard-ing-ly
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

So as to retard or hinder.

Etymology

From retarding + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more retardingly (comparative) most retardingly (superlative)

Questions

What does retardingly mean?
So as to retard or hinder.
Where does retardingly come from?
From retarding + -ly.

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