enquiringly

1. 1.

   in an inquiring manner

   “Tom Swift looked at his cabin mates inquiringly”

   Synonymsinquiringly

Questions about enquiringly

What does enquiringly mean?

enquiringly means "in an inquiring manner".

How many syllables are in enquiringly?

enquiringly has 4 syllables and divides as enq-ui-rin-gly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for enquiringly?

Close synonyms include inquiringly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is enquiringly a common word?

enquiringly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.