Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vanishingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: van-ish-ing-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

So as to vanish, or appear to vanish; especially, very small or rare.

Example Sentences

"vanishingly rare"
"a vanishingly small object on the horizon"
"When they weren't running ships, meddling with alien civilisations or planning the future course of the Culture itself, the Minds existed in those fantastic virtual realities, sojourning beyondward into the multi-dimensioned geographies of their unleashed imaginations, vanishingly far away from the single limited point that was reality."
"[Montana Senator Steve] Daines isn’t the only example of right-wing politicians who wish to wield anti-Semitism as a convenient cudgel against their political enemies, with scant if any evidence. But Montana’s vanishingly small Jewish population makes it particularly clear that this strategy has little to do with flesh-and-blood Jews at all."

Etymology

Etymology tree English vanishing Middle English -ly English -ly English vanishingly From vanishing + -ly.

Questions

What does vanishingly mean?: So as to vanish, or appear to vanish; especially, very small or rare.
Where does vanishingly come from?: Etymology tree English vanishing Middle English -ly English -ly English vanishingly From vanishing + -ly.

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