Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

twiningly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: twin-ing-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

So as to twine.

Example Sentences

"The cap she selected for the occasion was one which owed almost all its Barnabian grace to a very magnificent wreath of crimson roses, which ran twiningly and caressingly round the front of it, […]"

Etymology

From twining + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: twining

Inflected Forms

more twiningly (comparative) most twiningly (superlative)

Questions

What does twiningly mean?: So as to twine.
Where does twiningly come from?: From twining + -ly.

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