simperingly

1. 1.

   with a lack of courage and determination

   “simperingly, the accused begged for mercy”

   Synonymspusillanimously

Questions about simperingly

What does simperingly mean?

simperingly means "with a lack of courage and determination".

How many syllables are in simperingly?

simperingly has 4 syllables: sim-pe-rin-gly. The stress falls on "pe".

What is another word for simperingly?

Close synonyms include pusillanimously. 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 simperingly a common word?

simperingly 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.