Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sweepingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables
sweep-ing-ly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an encompassing manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English sweeping Middle English -ly English -ly English sweepingly From sweeping + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more sweepingly (comparative) most sweepingly (superlative)

Questions

What does sweepingly mean?
In an encompassing manner.
Where does sweepingly come from?
Etymology tree English sweeping Middle English -ly English -ly English sweepingly From sweeping + -ly.

How to pronounce sweepingly

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