Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wishingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wish-ing-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

While wishing or yearning.

Example Sentences

"Only look up, as they did that were wounded, weepingly, wishingly, pitifully, cravingly; see and sigh, look upon him whom you have pierced […]"

Etymology

From wishing + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more wishingly (comparative) most wishingly (superlative)

Questions

What does wishingly mean?: While wishing or yearning.
Where does wishingly come from?: From wishing + -ly.

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