Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unsparingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables: un-spar-ing-ly
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an unsparing manner.

Example Sentences

"But when Boshy's ill-spelt, hopeful letters came, her heart charged her unsparingly, though her carefully school-dictated replies to him were destined to contain no hint of failure."

Etymology

Etymology tree English unsparing Middle English -ly English -ly English unsparingly From unsparing + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more unsparingly (comparative) most unsparingly (superlative)

Synonyms

scathingly

Questions

What does unsparingly mean?: In an unsparing manner.
Where does unsparingly come from?: Etymology tree English unsparing Middle English -ly English -ly English unsparingly From unsparing + -ly.

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