forgivingly

1. 1.

   with forgiveness; in a forgiving manner

   “`Never mind,' she said forgivingly”

   Antonymsunforgivingly

Questions about forgivingly

What does forgivingly mean?

forgivingly means "with forgiveness; in a forgiving manner".

How many syllables are in forgivingly?

forgivingly has 4 syllables and divides as for-gi-vin-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 the opposite of forgivingly?

The recorded antonyms are unforgivingly.

Is forgivingly a common word?

forgivingly 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.