turgidly

1. 1.

   in a turgid manner

   “he lectured bombastically about his theories”

   Synonymsbombastically

Questions about turgidly

What does turgidly mean?

turgidly means "in a turgid manner".

How many syllables are in turgidly?

turgidly has 3 syllables: tur-gid-ly. The stress falls on "tur".

What is another word for turgidly?

Close synonyms include bombastically. 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 turgidly a common word?

turgidly 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.