Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vaingloriously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vain-glo-ri-ous-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a vainglorious manner.

Example Sentences

"From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied."

Etymology

Etymology tree English vainglorious Middle English -ly English -ly English vaingloriously From vainglorious + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more vaingloriously (comparative) most vaingloriously (superlative)

Questions

What does vaingloriously mean?: In a vainglorious manner.
Where does vaingloriously come from?: Etymology tree English vainglorious Middle English -ly English -ly English vaingloriously From vainglorious + -ly.

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