Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

saddeningly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sad-den-ing-ly
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

So as to cause sadness.

Etymology

From saddening + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more saddeningly (comparative) most saddeningly (superlative)

Questions

What does saddeningly mean?
So as to cause sadness.
Where does saddeningly come from?
From saddening + -ly.

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