lingeringly

1. 1.

   in a slow, leisurely or prolonged way

   “her voice was swift, yet ever the last words fell lingeringly”

   Synonymsprotractedly

Questions about lingeringly

What does lingeringly mean?

lingeringly means "in a slow, leisurely or prolonged way".

How many syllables are in lingeringly?

lingeringly has 4 syllables: lin-ge-rin-gly. The stress falls on "ge".

What is another word for lingeringly?

Close synonyms include protractedly. 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 lingeringly a common word?

lingeringly 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.