Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tearingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tear-ing-ly
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

With a tearing or ripping motion.

Example Sentences

"The beast sat on its haunches and tearingly ate the hind quarters of a still-squealing little pig."
"The Zimbabwean telephone exchange is temperamental (make that hair-tearingly frustrating)..."

Etymology

From tearing + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: tearing

Inflected Forms

more tearingly (comparative) most tearingly (superlative)

Questions

What does tearingly mean?: With a tearing or ripping motion.
Where does tearingly come from?: From tearing + -ly.

How to pronounce tearingly

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