Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scatteringly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scat-ter-ing-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

in a scattering manner, suggesting scattering.

Example Sentences

"She pushed cautiously down to the edge of the rocks where the bushes grew scatteringly, pretending to herself that she wanted a bit of wild geranium that flourished in a crevice far below the top."
"'My father went straight to the hiding-place in full sight of everybody, and got out the fish-hooks and brought them and flung them scatteringly over my head, so that they fell in glittering confusion on the platform at my lover's knee."
"The other men trooped along scatteringly, dodging under the low boughs of the stunted trees."

Etymology

From scattering + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: scattering

Inflected Forms

more scatteringly (comparative) most scatteringly (superlative)

Questions

What does scatteringly mean?: in a scattering manner, suggesting scattering.
Where does scatteringly come from?: From scattering + -ly.

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