Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wincingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: winc-ing-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

adv

In such a way as to cause wincing.

Example Sentences

""It doesn't hurt a bit," he said wincingly."
"Sheffield [...] crept into bed beside him, wincingly careful not to jolt or touch the bandage."
"The speech was wincingly bad."

Etymology

Etymology tree English wincing Middle English -ly English -ly English wincingly From wincing + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more wincingly (comparative) most wincingly (superlative)

Questions

What does wincingly mean?: While wincing.
Where does wincingly come from?: Etymology tree English wincing Middle English -ly English -ly English wincingly From wincing + -ly.

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