Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tauntingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables
taunt-ing-ly
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a taunting manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English taunting Middle English -ly English -ly English tauntingly From taunting + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more tauntingly (comparative) most tauntingly (superlative)

Synonyms

Questions

What does tauntingly mean?
In a taunting manner.
Where does tauntingly come from?
Etymology tree English taunting Middle English -ly English -ly English tauntingly From taunting + -ly.

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