resentfully

1. 1.

   with resentment; in a resentful manner

   “the best doctors would stay resentfully out of the national service, refusing to become the minions of a Minister”

Questions about resentfully

What does resentfully mean?

resentfully means "with resentment; in a resentful manner".

How many syllables are in resentfully?

resentfully has 4 syllables and divides as re-sent-ful-ly 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.

Is resentfully a common word?

resentfully 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.