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 and divides as lin-ge-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 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.