Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

warningly

/wˈɔɹnɪŋli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: warn-ing-ly
IPA: /wˈɔɹnɪŋli/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a warning manner; in such a way as to warn.

Example Sentences

"[…] Moby Dick moved on, still withholding from sight the full terrors of his submerged trunk, entirely hiding the wrenched hideousness of his jaw. But soon the fore part of him slowly rose from the water; for an instant his whole marbleized body formed a high arch […] and warningly waving his bannered flukes in the air, the grand god revealed himself, sounded, and went out of sight."
"The woman put her finger to her lips, warningly."
"The outsides of old Edinburgh churches frightened her, they were of such dark stone, like presences almost the colour of the Castle rock, and were built so warningly with their upraised fingers."

Etymology

From warning + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: warning

Inflected Forms

more warningly (comparative) most warningly (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce warningly?: The recorded pronunciation is /wˈɔɹnɪŋli/.
What does warningly mean?: In a warning manner; in such a way as to warn.
Where does warningly come from?: From warning + -ly.

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