gibingly

1. 1.

   in a disrespectful jeering manner

   Synonymsjeeringlymockingly

Questions about gibingly

What does gibingly mean?

gibingly means "in a disrespectful jeering manner".

How many syllables are in gibingly?

gibingly has 3 syllables and divides as gi-bin-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 gibingly?

Close synonyms include jeeringly, mockingly. 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 gibingly a common word?

gibingly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.