Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skimmingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: skim-m-ing-ly
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

in a skimming manner

Example Sentences

"Whether sleeping, quarrelling, or playing, whether curious, frightened, or angry, its interest is continuously humorous, but the Adelie penguin in the water is another thing; as it darts to and fro a fathom or two below the surface, as it leaps porpoise-like into the air or swims skimmingly over the rippling surface of a pool, it excites nothing but admiration."
"Yesterday, beside preaching a sermon more than half new, and attending a funeral (out of the society), I read skimmingly more than half Nichol's "Architecture of the Heavens.""

Etymology

From skimming + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: skimming

Inflected Forms

more skimmingly (comparative) most skimmingly (superlative)

Questions

What does skimmingly mean?: in a skimming manner
Where does skimmingly come from?: From skimming + -ly.

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