Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sleepingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sleep-ing-ly
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Sleepily; while falling asleep.

Dated

Etymology

From sleeping + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more sleepingly (comparative) most sleepingly (superlative)

Questions

What does sleepingly mean?
Sleepily; while falling asleep.
Where does sleepingly come from?
From sleeping + -ly.

How to pronounce sleepingly

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