Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stealingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: steal-ing-ly
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

By stealing (moving stealthily); furtively or sneakily

Example Sentences

"if they were divers motions, they did so stealingly slip one into another as the latter part was ever in hand before the eye could discern the former was ended."

Etymology

From stealing + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: stealing

Questions

What does stealingly mean?: By stealing (moving stealthily); furtively or sneakily
Where does stealingly come from?: From stealing + -ly.

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